different between stereoblastula vs blastula

English

Etymology

From stereo- +? blastula.

Noun

stereoblastula (plural stereoblastulas or stereoblastulae)

1. A blastula without a clear central cavity.
   • 2008, Tracey Irene Smart, Reproductive and Larval Biology of the Northeastern Pacific Polychaete Owenia collaris (Family Oweniidae) in Coos Bay, OR (page 8)

     Eggs can either be very yolky and produce stereoblastulae or have little to no yolk and produce coeloblastulae.

English

Etymology

From New Latin, diminutive of Ancient Greek ??????? (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from ?????????? (blastánein, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).

Noun

blastula (plural blastulas or blastulae)

1. (embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.

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Further reading

• blastula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• blastula in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• blastula at OneLook Dictionary Search

Finnish

(index b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?stul?/, [?bl?s?t?ul?]
• Rhymes: -?stul?
• Syllabification: blas?tu?la

Noun

blastula

1. (embryology) blastula

Declension

Synonyms

• rakkula-aste

Derived terms

• blastulaatio

French

Noun

blastula f (plural blastulas)

1. blastula