meroblastic

[ mer-uh-blas-tik ]

adjective

, Embryology.

1. (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.

meroblastic

/ ˌmɛrəʊˈblæstɪk /

adjective

1. embryol of or showing cleavage of only the non-yolky part of the zygote, as in birds' eggs Compare holoblastic

Derived Forms

• ˌmeroˈblastically, adverb

Other Words From

• mero·blasti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of meroblastic¹

First recorded in 1865–70; mero- + -blast + -ic

Example Sentences

That the facts of development of the meroblastic eggs of vertebrates, are not in accordance with the views here advanced.

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In these instances there is no commencement of an ingrowth in the manner supposed for meroblastic ova.

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The segmentation is meroblastic, and similar to that in Birds.

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This material forms a disc equivalent to the germinal disc of meroblastic vertebrate ova.

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Oviparous, with a large-yolked and meroblastic ovum, enclosed within a follicle of two rows of cells.

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