parablastic

Variant of parablast

parablast definition

para·blast (par′ə blast′)

noun

  1. Embryology the nutritive yolk of a meroblastic ovum
  2. the portion of a mesoderm that gives rise to vascular and lymphatic tissues

Etymology: para- + -blast

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