English Explanatory Dictionary

epiblast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm.

Word forms

epiblast epiblasts

Etymology

From epi- + -blast.

Synonyms

primitive ectoderm

Related words

epiblastic embryoblast hypoblast

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