Definitions for meroblastic

meroblastic mer·o·blas·tic

Spelling: [mer-uh-blas-tik]
IPA: /ˌmɛr əˈblæs tɪk/

Meroblastic is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

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Definitions for meroblastic

adjective

  1. (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.

Origin of meroblastic

First recorded in 1865-70; mero- + -blast + -ic

Examples for meroblastic

The segmentation, as in the Sturgeon, is complete, but approaches closely the meroblastic type.

That the facts of development of the meroblastic eggs of vertebrates, are not in accordance with the views here advanced.

Oviparous, with a large-yolked and meroblastic ovum, enclosed within a follicle of two rows of cells.

The segmentation is meroblastic, and the germinal disc adjoins the opening of the oviduct.

In these instances there is no commencement of an ingrowth in the manner supposed for meroblastic ova.

It is meroblastic, being confined to the germinal disc, through the full depth of which however the earlier furrows do not extend.

Latebra, lat′eb-ra, n. the cavity in the food-yolk of a meroblastic ovum.

In most existing Teleostei, the ovum has become again reduced in size, but the meroblastic segmentation has been preserved.

The segmentation is meroblastic, and similar to that in Birds.

The segmentation, which is preceded by active movements of the germinal disc, is meroblastic.

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