• (a.) Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.
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(mer″o-blas´tik) partially dividing; undergoing cleavage in which only part of the zygote participates.
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Mer`o·blas'tic adjective (Biol.) Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only; as,
meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission;
meroblastic segmentation; -- opposed to
holoblastic .
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meroblastic Dividing only in part, referring to an egg in which the cleavage divisions are confined to the animal pole, owing to the presence of a large amount of yolk.
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