Look up: Blastula

1. blastula
   Type: Term Pronunciation: blas′tū-lă Definitions: 1. An early stage of an embryo formed by the rearrangement of the blastomeres of the morula to form a hollow sphere.
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2. blastula
   [n] - early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum
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3. blastula
   Stage of embryonic development of animals near the end of cleavage but before gastrulation. In animals where cleavage (cell division) involves the whole egg, the blastula usually consists of a hollow ball of cells.
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4. Blastula
   Blas'tu·la noun [ New Latin , dim. of Greek blasto`s a sprout.] (Biol.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.
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5. blastula
   <embryology> Stage of embryonic development of animals near the end of cleavage but before gastrulation. In animals where cleavage (cell division) involves the whole egg, the blastula usually consists of a hollow ball of cells. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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6. blastula
   blastodermic vesicle noun early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight da...
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7. blastula
   (blas´tu-lә) pl. blas´tulae the usually spherical structure produced by cleavage of a zygote, consisting of a single layer of cells (blastoderm) surrounding a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoele); it follows the morula stage.
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8. Blastula
   • (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.
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9. blastula
   hollow sphere of cells, or blastomeres, produced during the development of an embryo by repeated cleavage of a fertilized egg. The cells of the ... [5 related articles]
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10. Blastula
    An early stage of embryonic development in which the fertilized egg transforms from a solid mass of cells to a hollow ball of cells. The blastula consists of a spherical structure formed by a single layer of cells that encloses a fluid-filled cavity.
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11. blastula
    Early stage in the development of a fertilized egg, when the egg changes from a solid mass of cells (the morula) to a hollow ball of cells (the blastula), containing a fluid-filled cavity (the blastocoel). See also embryology
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12. blastula
    (blas;tyoo-lua) An early stage of prenatal development between the morula and embryonic period.
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13. blastula
    (blas;tyoo-lua) An early stage of prenatal development between the morula and embryonic period.
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14. Blastula
    The `blastula` (from Greek βλαστός (blastos), meaning "sprout") is a solid sphere of cells formed during an early stage of embryonic development in animals. The blastula is created when the zygote undergoes the cell division process known as cleavage. The blas...
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