MEROBLASTIC

Etymology

Adjective

meroblastic (not comparable)

(of a fertilized egg) that undergoes only partial cleavage

Anagrams

• blastomeric

Source: Wiktionary


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

Definition: Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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