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Blastoderm

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Noun

1. blastoderm, blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc

a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Blastoderm

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noun embryology
1. 
the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
2. 
a flat disc of cells formed after cleavage in a heavily yolked egg, such as a bird's egg

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Blastoderm

see synonyms of blastoderm
noun
the part of a fertilized ovum that gives rise to the germinal disk from which the embryo develops

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

Blastoderm

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n.
1. The layer of cells that develops on the surface of the yolk in an avian or reptilian egg and gives rise to the germinal disk from which the embryo develops.
2. The layer of cells formed by the cleavage of a fertilized mammalian egg. It later divides into the three germ layers from which the embryo develops.

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