delamination

[ dee-lam-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. a splitting apart into layers.
2. Embryology. the separation of a primordial cell layer into two layers by a process of cell migration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of delamination¹

First recorded in 1875–80; de- + lamination

Example Sentences

In it cleavage gives rise to a solid mass, which divides by delamination into two layers, the ectoderm and endoderm.

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It arises, however, by delamination from the ectoderm, the tube being a secondary acquisition.

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The two layers are as before the epiblast and hypoblast, and the process by which they originate is known as delamination.

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Delamination is constant (with the doubtful exception of some Tubularid) amongst the Hydromedus and Siphonophora.

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