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neoblastic

neoblastic adjective: constituting or pertaining to a new growth, as of tissue.

Adjective

neoblastic (not comparable)

  1. Constituting or pertaining to a new growth, as of tissue.
  2. Descriptive of a crystal, or a mineral species in metamorphic rock, formed more recently, by recrystallization, than others in the same rock.
    • The neoblast-bearing sample was taken from a heterogeneous, lithic clast–rich igneous unit associated with the roof rocks of the impact melt sheet, making this the first time a crater has been dated using neoblastic zircon from the upper part of its stratigraphy.2017 October, Gavin G. Kenny, Luiz F. Morales, Martin J. Whitehouse, Joseph A. Petrus, Balz S. Kamber, “The formation of large neoblasts in shocked zircon and their utility in dating impacts”, in...

Origin of neoblastic

From neoblast + -ic or neo- + -blastic.

Words formed from neoblastic

Questions about neoblastic

What does neoblastic mean?
Neoblastic means constituting or pertaining to a new growth, as of tissue.
What part of speech is neoblastic?
Neoblastic is an adjective.

Words near neoblastic in the dictionary

  1. neobiosamines
  2. neobiotic
  3. neobladder
  4. neobladders
  5. neoblast
  6. neoblastic
  7. neoblasts
  8. neobodonid
  9. neobodonids
  10. neobotanical
  11. neobotanist

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