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blastodisk

blastodisk noun: a round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk.

Noun

blastodisk (plural blastodisks)

  1. A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk

Forms of blastodisk

pluralblastodisks
alternative formblastodisc

Origin of blastodisk

From blasto- + disk.

Questions about blastodisk

What does blastodisk mean?
Blastodisk means a round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk.
What part of speech is blastodisk?
Blastodisk is a noun.
What is the plural of blastodisk?
The plural of blastodisk is blastodisks.

Words near blastodisk in the dictionary

  1. blastodermic
  2. blastoderms
  3. blastodics
  4. blastodisc
  5. blastodiscs
  6. blastodisk
  7. blastodisks
  8. blastoff
  9. blastoffs
  10. blastogenesis
  11. blastogenetic

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