See Also: blasto-(medicine)
blasto-(dictionary)

blasto- (iou)



blasto- combining form of Greek blastos sprout, germ: see -O-. Used chiefly in Biology with the sense 'germ', 'bud'.
blastocoel(e) the central cavity of a blastula L19.
blasto'coelic adjective of or pertaining to a blastocoele L19.
blastocyst noun a mammalian blastula in which some differentiation of cells has occurred L19.
blastoderm noun a blastula having the form of a disc of cells on top of the yolk M19.
blastodisc noun = blastoderm L19.
blasto'genesis noun reproduction by budding or gemmation L19.
blasto'genic adjective of, pertaining to, or formed by blastogenesis L19.
blastomere noun each of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized ovum L19.
blastomy'cosis noun a disease caused by infection with parasitic fungi of the genus Blastomyces, affecting the skin or the internal organs E20.
blasto'mylonite noun (Petrography) recrystallized mylonite retaining traces of cataclastic structure M20.
blasto'poral adjective of or pertaining to a blastopore L19.
blastopore noun an opening formed by invagination of the surface of a blastula L19.
blastospore noun a fungal spore formed by budding M20.