Definition of Blastulation

1. Noun. (biology) The process of forming blastocoeles and blastulas ¹

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Definition of Blastulation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Blastulation

1. Formation of the blastula or blastocyst from the morula. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastulation

blastospheres
blastospheric
blastospores
blastostyle
blastostyles
blastotomy
blastproof
blasts
blasts from the past
blastula
blastulae
blastular
blastulas
blastulation (current term)
blastulations
blastule
blastules
blastwave
blastworthy
blasty
blat
blat out
blatancies
blatancy
blatant
blatantly
blate
blater

Literary usage of Blastulation

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 (1904)
"Cleavage prior to blastulation is at no time comparable with normal processes. ... At blastulation ectoderm cells are formed over large cells, ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"... such as Peneus, and the eggs with regular discoidal segmentation, such as those of certain fishes, that is to say, it has a blastulation intermediate ..."

3. The Early Embryology of the Chick by Bradley Merrill Patten (1920)
"The process of blastulation also is modified by the presence of a large amount of yolk. There can be no simple hollow ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Cleavage prior to blastulation is at no time comparable with normal processes. ... At blastulation ectoderm cells are formed over large cells, ..."

5. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"... often obscure processes of maturation, fertilization, segmentation, and blastulation, of which only the most salient points have been indicated above. ..."

6. Biology, General and Medical by Joseph McFarland (1920)
"When this is large, as in the hen's egg, it is impossible for blastulation and gastrulation to take place in the manner described. ..."

7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"... such as Peneus, and the eggs with regular discoidal segmentation, such as those of certain fishes, that is to say, it has a blastulation intermediate ..."

8. The Early Embryology of the Chick by Bradley Merrill Patten (1920)
"The process of blastulation also is modified by the presence of a large amount of yolk. There can be no simple hollow ..."

9. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"... often obscure processes of maturation, fertilization, segmentation, and blastulation, of which only the most salient points have been indicated above. ..."

10. Biology, General and Medical by Joseph McFarland (1920)
"When this is large, as in the hen's egg, it is impossible for blastulation and gastrulation to take place in the manner described. ..."

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