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Definition of Triploblastic

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers.

Definition of Triploblastic

1. Adjective. Exhibiting triploblasty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Triploblastic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Triploblastic

1. Describes an animal which, as an embryo, had three distinct embryonic tissue layers - the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm. This is in contrast to animals which are diploblastic (has two distinct tissue layers) and those which do not have any distinct tissue layers as an embryo (nor organs and distinct tissues as an adult). (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Triploblastic

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

1. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"triploblastic ; bilaterally symmetrical; possess a tubular digestive system with an ... triploblastic; bilaterally symmetrical; anus and coelom present; ..."

2. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"triploblastic; radial combined with bilateral symmetry; eight radially ... triploblastic; bilaterally symmetrical; possess a tubular digestive system with ..."

3. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"triploblastic, bilaterally symmetrical animals with body flattened, with a single ... Bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic animals with an elongated ..."

4. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"(2) That the mesoblast throughout the triploblastic Metazoa, in so far as these forms have sprung from a common triploblastic ancestor, is an homologous ..."

5. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"The fact of the triploblastic condition being later than the diploblastic proves in a conclusive way that the mesoblast is a derivative of one or both the ..."

6. Laboratory Directions in Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven, Peter Olaus Okkelberg (1919)
"triploblastic. Examine sections. Note a middle tissue between ectoderm and entoderm. ... triploblastic. Meaning of this term? Transparent living forms can ..."

7. General Zoology by Arthur Sperry Pearse (1917)
"Metameric, bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, soft-bodied worms. ... triploblastic, metameric, bilaterally symmetrical animals; with well- developed ..."

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