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tachyblastic

tachyblastic adjective: starting to develop immediately.

Adjective

tachyblastic (not comparable)

  1. Starting to develop immediately.
    • Little variation could be found in the size of the tachyblastic eggs produced by the members of any one clone, but some variation may occur from one clone to another.1949, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, page 7
    • In growing cultures most gastrotrichs produce only tachyblastic eggs.Ellsworth C. Dougherty, The Lower Metazoa (page 474)

Origin of tachyblastic

From tachy- + -blastic.

Questions about tachyblastic

What does tachyblastic mean?
Tachyblastic means starting to develop immediately.
What part of speech is tachyblastic?
Tachyblastic is an adjective.

Words near tachyblastic in the dictionary

  1. tachyarrhythmias
  2. tachyarrhythmic
  3. tachyarrythmia
  4. tachyarrythmias
  5. tachyauxesis
  6. tachyblastic
  7. tachycardia
  8. tachycardiac
  9. tachycardias
  10. tachycardic
  11. tachycardiomyopathies

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