BLASTOMERE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

Derivation:

blastomeric (of or relating to a blastomere)

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