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Where does “blastomere” come from?

blastomere (English) comes from English blasto-, from Ancient Greek βλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

blastomere (English): Any cell that results from division of a...

Definitions

  1. Any cell that results from division of a...

Ancestry of “blastomere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishblasto-bud; budding; germination; germ cell
2Ancient Greekβλαστόςsprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion
3Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “blastomere”

  • blastomeric
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