BLASTEMA

blastema

(noun) a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blastema (plural blastemas or blastemata)

(physiology) A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.

Anagrams

• labmates, lambaste

Source: Wiktionary


Blas*te"ma, n.; pl. Blastemata. Etym: [Gr. bud, sprout.] (Biol.)

Definition: The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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