BLASTEMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blastemal mean? 

• BLASTEMAL (adjective)
  The adjective BLASTEMAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to blastemata

  Familiarity information: BLASTEMAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLASTEMAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to blastemata

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

blastemal; blastematic; blastemic

Pertainym:

blastema (a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops)

Derivation:

blastema (a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops)

 Context examples 

Several lines of differentiation, including blastemal, stromal and epithelial, are usually expressed.

(Hereditary Wilms Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Familial embryonal neoplasm derived from nephrogenic blastemal cells.

(Hereditary Wilms Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)