"-blast" meaning in English

See -blast in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ, sprout”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|βλαστός||germ, sprout}} Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ, sprout”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -blast, {{en-suffix}} -blast
  1. an immature cell or tissue Tags: morpheme Derived forms: spongioblast, statoblast, -blastic Translations (an immature cell or tissue): -blast [masculine] (Catalan), -母細胞 (Chinese Cantonese), -母细胞 (mou⁵ sai³ baau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), -母细胞 (mǔxìbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), -blaste [masculine] (French), -blaszt (Hungarian), -blast [masculine] (Irish), -blasto [masculine] (Italian), 芽細胞 (gasaibō) (alt: がさいぼう) (Japanese), -blast [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en--blast-en-suffix-uIy-C7uL

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