Blastema

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The formative, undifferentiated material from which cells are formed.
  • n. A mass of embryonic cells from which an organ or a body part develops, either in normal development or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
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  • n. A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In bot.: Originally, the axis of an embryo, consisting of the radicle and the growing-point at its summit.
  • n. In later use, the initial point of growth from which any organ or part of an organ is developed.
  • n. Sometimes, the thallus of cryptogamous plants.
  • n. In anatomy and physical, the bioplasm or protoplasm of a germinating ovum; the substance of the blastomeres, blastoderm, etc.; granular formative material.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cell   
    Variant
    blastemata   
    Form
    blastemic    blastemal    blastematic   
    Same Context
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