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HYPOBLAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypoblast mean?
• HYPOBLAST (noun)
The noun HYPOBLAST has 1 sense:
1. the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems
Familiarity information: HYPOBLAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
endoblast; endoderm; entoblast; entoderm; hypoblast
Hypernyms ("hypoblast" is a kind of...):
germ layer ((embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation)
Context examples
An embryonic structure that appears as a disc composed of epiblast and hypoblast sac.
(Bilaminar Embryonic Disc, NCI Thesaurus)
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