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Meaning of BLASTOMERE

Pronunciation:  'blastu`meer

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg
 

BLASTOMERE is a 10 letter word that starts with B.

 

 See Also: cell

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Blas"to*mere\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + -mere.]
(Biol.)
One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.
--Balfour.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: One of the cells of the early embryo, formed during the first few divisions of the newly-fertilized zygote.
 

 

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