Look up: Blastocyst

1. Blastocyst
   The rapidly dividing fertilised egg at around the stage when it enters the uterus.
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2. blastocyst
   The fertilised egg at around the stage when it enters the uterus. The blastocyst continually and rapidly divides into more and more cells on the way to becoming an embryo.
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3. blastocyst
   Mammalian embryo at the stage at which it is implanted into the wall of the uterus. [9]
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4. Blastocyst
   Blastocyst: A thin-walled hollow structure in early embryonic development that contains a cluster of cells called the inner cell mass from which the embryo arises. The outer layer of cells gives rise to the placenta and other supporting tissues needed for fetal development within the uterus while th...
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5. blastocyst
   In mammalian development, cleavage produces a thin-walled hollow sphere, whose wall is the trophoblast, with the embryo proper being represented by a mass of cells at one side. The blastocyst is formed before implantation and is equivalent to the blastula.
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6. Blastocyst
   Blas'to·cyst noun [ Greek blasto`s sprout + English cyst .] (Biol.) The germinal vesicle.
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7. blastocyst
   In mammalian development, cleavage produces a thin walled hollow sphere, whose wall is the trophoblast, with the embryo proper being represented by a mass of cells at one side. The blastocyst is formed before implantation and is equivalent to the blastula. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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8. blastocyst
   (blas´to-sist) the mammalian conceptus in the postmorula stage, consisting of an embryoblast (inner cell mass) and a thin trophoblast layer enclosing a blastocyst cavity.
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9. Blastocyst
   • (n.) The germinal vesicle.
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10. blastocyst
    a distinctive stage of a mammalian embryo. It is a form of blastula that develops from a berrylike cluster of cells, the morula. A cavity appears in ... [5 related articles]
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11. blastocyst
    Type: Term Pronunciation: blas′tō-sist Definitions: 1. The modified blastula stage of mammalian embryos, consisting of the embryoblast or inner cell mass and a thin trophoblast layer enclosing the blastocystic cavity or blastocele. Synonyms: blastodermic vesicle
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12. Blastocyst
    The embryo at the time of implantation into the inner wall of the uterus. A blastocyst contains a single layer of outer cells, a fluid-filled cavity and a mass of inner cells. The surface cells of the blastocyst will become the placenta while the inner cells will become the fetus.
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13. blastocyst
    In mammals, the hollow ball of cells which is an early stage in the development of the embryo, roughly equivalent to the blastula of other animal groups
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14. BLASTOCYST
    An early stage of the developing embryo.
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15. Blastocyst
    An embryo with a fluid-filled blastocele cavity which develops five to six days after fertilization.
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16. Blastocyst
    :See also: Blastocystis, a single-celled parasite. The `blastocyst` is a structure formed in the early embryogenesis of mammals, after the formation of the morula. It is a specifically mammalian example of a date=January 2011--> It possesses an inner cell mass (ICM), or inner cell mass...
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