"blastocyte" meaning in English

See blastocyte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: blastocytes [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós)lbor. English blasto- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English blastocyte From blasto- or -cyte. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|blasto-|-cyte|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós)lbor. English blasto- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English blastocyte [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to sprout", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βλᾰστᾰ́νω", "gloss" : "to bud, sprout", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-tós", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βλαστός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "blasto-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κῠ́τος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cyta", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-cyte", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "blastocyte", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="blastocyte"> From blasto- or -cyte., {{ety|en|blasto-|-cyte|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós)lbor. English blasto- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English blastocyte From blasto- or -cyte. Head templates: {{en-noun}} blastocyte (plural blastocytes)
  1. (cytology, embryology) An undifferentiated cell in the blastula stage of an embryo. Derived forms: myoblastocyte

Inflected forms

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