Definitions for morulas

morulas mor·u·la

Spelling: [mawr-oo-luh, -yoo-]
IPA: /ˈmɔr ʊ lə, -yʊ-/

Morulas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in morulas (almorsu).

Definitions for morulas

noun

  1. the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.

Origin of morulas

1855-60; New Latin, equivalent to Latin mōr(um) mulberry + -ula -ule

Examples for morulas

We called this accumulation of cells the mulberry state (morula), because it resembles a mulberry or blackberry.

morula, mor′ū-la, n. condition of an ovum after complete segmentation: button-scurvy.

As a consequence of this superficial concentration we get segmentation of the vitellus, with the production of a morula.

This morula, as I have called it, reproduces the next stage in the development of life.

A vertebrate ovum in this stage of complete segmentation is called the morula from its resemblance to a mulberry (Fig. 4).

This stage is called the morula (“mulberry,” which it somewhat resembles in shape).

Word Value for morulas
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8

Words with friends

11

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