monoblastic

[ mon-uh-blas-tik ]

adjective

1. having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of monoblastic¹

First recorded in 1885–90; mono- + -blast + -ic

Example Sentences

Monoblastic, mon-ō-blas′tik, adj. pertaining to that condition of the metazoic embryo in which a single germinal layer is alone represented.

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