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EMBRYONIC CELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A cell of an embryo

Synonyms:

embryonic cell; formative cell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("embryonic cell" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "embryonic cell"):

blastocyte (an undifferentiated embryonic cell)

ameloblast (a cell from which tooth enamel develops)

bone-forming cell; osteoblast (a cell from which bone develops)

erythroblast (a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop)

fibroblast (a cell from which connective tissue develops)

neuroblast (a cell from which a nerve cell develops)

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 Context examples: 

An embryonic cell of the inner layer of three germ layers that forms the yolk sac and gives rise to the epithelium of the alimentary and respiratory tracts and the parenchyma of associated glands.

(Endoderm Cell, NCI Thesaurus)