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gastulation

gastulation is the misspelling of gastrulation.

Meaning of gastrulation

Noun

gastrulation (plural gastrulations)

  1. The stage of embryo development at which a gastrula is formed from the blastula by the inward migration of cells.
    • The study of comparative embryology, nevertheless, would lead us to expect to find this germ layer arising by a process of gastrulation.1909, John Thomas Patterson, Gastrulation in the Pigeon's Egg, University of Chicago, page 66

Questions about gastulation

What is gastulation the misspelling of?
Gastulation is the misspelling of gastrulation.

Words near gastulation in the dictionary

  1. gastrulation
  2. gastrulations
  3. gastruloid
  4. gastruloids
  5. gasts
  6. gastulation
  7. Gasveli
  8. Gasweling
  9. gaswork
  10. gasworker
  11. gasworkers

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