Definition of Ectoblasts

1. Noun. (plural of ectoblast) ¹

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Definition of Ectoblasts

1. ectoblast [n] - See also: ectoblast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectoblasts

ecthlipsis
ecthorea
ecthoreum
ecthyma
ecthyma gangrenosum
ecthymas
ecthymata
ecthymatiform
ecthymatous syphilid
ectiris
ecto-
ectoATPase
ectoantigen
ectoblast
ectoblastic
ectoblasts (current term)
ectobronchium
ectocarpoid
ectocarpoids
ectocervices
ectochoroidea
ectocommensal
ectocommensal organism
ectocommensals
ectocornea
ectocrine

Literary usage of Ectoblasts

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

1. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1911)
"... an outer group of ectoblasts, from which arise the neural plates and the ... the ectoblasts thirty-two (or thirty-three) times, before relinquishing ..."

2. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1895)
"... or ectoblasts, as they may be termed, one may see, as is shown in Fig. ... and it must therefore be concluded that the ectoblasts divide twice as ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... of 45° with each of the first two cleavage planes. The upper pole forms the anterior end and the lower pole the posterior end of the worm. ectoblasts ..."

4. Jahresberichte über die Fortschritte der Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte (1908)
"Ferner bildet er den Schwan (vielleicht mit Ausnahme des ectoblasts) und geht in die ... ectoblasts ..."

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