Blastoderm Definition

blăstə-dûrm
noun
The part of a fertilized ovum that gives rise to the germinal disk from which the embryo develops.
Webster's New World
The layer of cells formed by the cleavage of a fertilized mammalian egg. It later divides into the three germ layers from which the embryo develops.
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Noun

Singular:
blastoderm
Plural:
blastoderms

Origin of Blastoderm

  • blasto- +‎ -derm

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