Blasto- Definition
blastō, blastə
prefix
Bud; germ; budding; germination.
Blastocyst.
American Heritage
affix
Of a germinating embryo.
Blastoderm, blastogenesis.
Webster's New World
Origin of Blasto-
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastos, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνειν (blastanein, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).
From Wiktionary
From Greek blastos bud
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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see -blast
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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