Search Result for "blastoderm":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula;
[syn: blastoderm, germinal disc, blastodisc, germinal area]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blastoderm \Blas"to*derm\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. derm.] (Embryology) the early stage of an embryo after the first cleavages of the ovum; also, the layer of cells of which the early embryo is composed; specifically: (a) the early embryo developing from a blastodisc, after the blastocoel has formed. (b) in an insect embryo, the layer of cells that surrounds the internal mass of the yolk. [PJC] Blastodermatic
