blastula
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noun
- An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.
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From New Latin blastula, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).
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