XENOBLAST

Etymology

Noun

xenoblast (plural xenoblasts)

A crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

Source: Wiktionary



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6 March 2025

LEPTOMENINGES

(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers


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