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parablasts

parablasts is the plural of parablast.

Meaning of parablast

Noun

parablast (plural parablasts)

  1. A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, whose cells are involved in the formation of the first blood and blood vessels.
    • The study of the relations of the' wall in the chick induced him to think that the elements of the white yolk he came parablast cells; moreover, the study of the hen's ovary led him to the conclusion that the white yolk was developed from the granulosa cells, and that these cells arise from...1897, Charles Sedgwick Minot, Human Embryology

Questions about parablasts

What is parablasts the plural of?
Parablasts is the plural of parablast.

Words near parablasts in the dictionary

  1. parabiosis
  2. parabiotic
  3. parabiotically
  4. parablast
  5. parablastic
  6. parablasts
  7. parable
  8. parabled
  9. parablelike
  10. parablepses
  11. parablepsia

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