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BLASTOCELE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blastocele mean? 

BLASTOCELE (noun)
  The noun BLASTOCELE has 1 sense:

1. the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastulaplay

  Familiarity information: BLASTOCELE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLASTOCELE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blastocele; blastocoel; blastocoele; cleavage cavity; segmentation cavity

Hypernyms ("blastocele" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Holonyms ("blastocele" is a part of...):

blastosphere; blastula (early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs)

Derivation:

blastocoelic (of or relating to a segmentation cavity)


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