"epiblast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: epiblasts [plural]
Etymology: epi- + -blast. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|epi|blast}} epi- + -blast Head templates: {{en-noun}} epiblast (plural epiblasts)
  1. (biology, embryology) The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm. Wikipedia link: epiblast Categories (topical): Biology, Embryology Synonyms (outer layer of a blastula that becomes the ectoderm): primitive ectoderm Related terms: epiblastic, embryoblast, hypoblast Translations (biology: the outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm): eipeablast [masculine] (Irish), epiblasto [masculine] (Italian), 胚盤葉上層 (haiban'yō jōsō) (Japanese), epiblasto [masculine] (Portuguese), epiblasto [masculine] (Spanish), muldaluyan (Tagalog)

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