HOLOBLASTIC

Etymology

Adjective

holoblastic (comparative more holoblastic, superlative most holoblastic)

(biology, of an egg) Cleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres.

Source: Wiktionary


Hol`o*blas"tic, a. (Biol.)

Definition: Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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