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BLASTOCOEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

Synonyms:

blastocele; blastocoel; blastocoele; cleavage cavity; segmentation cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("blastocoel" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Holonyms ("blastocoel" is a part of...):

blastosphere; blastula (early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs)

Derivation:

blastocoelic (of or relating to a segmentation cavity)

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