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Blastocyst

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Noun

1. blastocyst, blastodermic vessicle

the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred

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Blastocyst

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noun embryology
1. Also called: blastosphere
the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
2.  another name for germinal vesicle

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Blastocyst

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noun
blastula

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Blastocyst

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n.
The modified blastula that is characteristic of placental mammals. Also called blastodermic vesicle.

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