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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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