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Definition of Blastocele
1. Noun. The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula.
Group relationships: Blastosphere, Blastula
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
Derivative terms: Blastocoelic, Blastocoelic, Blastocoelic
Definition of Blastocele
1. Noun. (alternative form of blastocoele) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Blastocele
1. The cavity in the blastula of a developing embryo. Synonym: blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity. Origin: blasto-+ G. Koilos, hollow (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastocele
Literary usage of Blastocele
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"The vessels arising from independent mesen- chymal cells in the space of the
blastocele in the teleost yolk-sac entirely overthrow any notion that vessels ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"The body-cavity (" enterocele ") of the larva completely disappears, for the
epithelial cells which line it expand into a " blastocele," and then form a ..."
3. Artificial Parthenogenesis and Fertilization by Jacques Loeb (1913)
"On one side the cells grow into the blastocele and this sac or tube growing into
the cavity is the rudiment of the gut. On each side of the gut can be seen ..."
4. Syllabus of Lectures on Human Embryology: An Introduction to the Study of by Walter Porter Manton (1906)
"... on both sides ; d<rTi}p, a star)—The star-like arrangement of the protoplasm
at the ends of the nuclear spindle in karyokinesis. blastocele (Gr. ..."
5. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"... the blastocele, qv S. Sphere, a blastomere ? • Segregator, seg-re-ga'-tor.
An instrument for the separation, :• the bladder, of the urine coming from ..."
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