Definition of Blastocyte

1. Noun. An undifferentiated embryonic cell.

Generic synonyms: Embryonic Cell, Formative Cell

Definition of Blastocyte

1. Noun. An undifferentiated cell in the blastula stage of an embryo. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Blastocyte

1. An undifferentiated blastomere of the morula or blastula stage of an embryo. Origin: blasto-+ G. Kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastocyte

blastocle
blastocoel
blastocoele
blastocoeles
blastocoelic
blastocoels
blastoconidia
blastoconidial
blastoconidium
blastocyst
blastocystina
blastocystis
blastocystis hominis
blastocystis infections
blastocysts
blastocyte (current term)
blastocytes
blastocytoma
blastoderm
blastodermal
blastodermatic
blastodermic
blastodermic disk
blastodermic ectoderm
blastodermic layers
blastodermic vesicle
blastoderms
blastodisc
blastodiscs
blastodisk

Literary usage of Blastocyte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal by Chas. W. Smiley (1900)
"The thread which he called a blastocyte was eventually cast loose and entered into another class of cell which was really female, and there great numbers of ..."

2. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, Terry Speed (2003)
"The human blastocyte: cell number, death and allocation during late preimplantation development in vitro. Development, 107:597-604, 1989. ..."

3. The Influence of Heredity on Disease: With Special Reference to Tuberculosis by William Selby Church (1909)
"... the date of the blastocyte. Be it, however, remembered that the embryo is dead, and probably killed by the same external cause whose advent brings about ..."

4. A State-By-State Review of Abortion and Reproductive Rights by Elizabeth Arndorfer, Jodi Michael, Laura Moskowitz, Liza Siebel, Juli A. Grant (1998)
"... must receive 24 hours prior to an abortion include: descriptions of the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the zygote, blastocyte, ..."

5. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal by Chas. W. Smiley (1900)
"The thread which he called a blastocyte was eventually cast loose and entered into another class of cell which was really female, and there great numbers of ..."

6. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, Terry Speed (2003)
"The human blastocyte: cell number, death and allocation during late preimplantation development in vitro. Development, 107:597-604, 1989. ..."

7. The Influence of Heredity on Disease: With Special Reference to Tuberculosis by William Selby Church (1909)
"... the date of the blastocyte. Be it, however, remembered that the embryo is dead, and probably killed by the same external cause whose advent brings about ..."

8. A State-By-State Review of Abortion and Reproductive Rights by Elizabeth Arndorfer, Jodi Michael, Laura Moskowitz, Liza Siebel, Juli A. Grant (1998)
"... must receive 24 hours prior to an abortion include: descriptions of the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the zygote, blastocyte, ..."

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