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meroblastic
[ mer-uh-blas-tik ]
adjective
- (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
meroblastic
/ ˌmɛrəʊˈblæstɪk /
adjective
- 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
- mero·blasti·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of meroblastic1
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Example Sentences
Parablast, par′a-blast, n. the supplementary or nutritive yolk of a meroblastic egg or metovum—as distinguished from the archiblast, or formative yolk.—adj.
Meroblast, mer′ō-blast, n. a meroblastic ovum.—adj.
Latebra, lat′eb-ra, n. the cavity in the food-yolk of a meroblastic ovum.—adj.
Such a type of segmentation in which only part of the ovum segments is called meroblastic.
So far, the essential differences between the development of fowl and frog, the meroblastic segmentation, absence of a typical gastrula, and the primitive streak, seem comprehensible on the theory that such differences are due to the presence of an enormous amount of yolk.
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