BLASTO-

Meaning of BLASTO- in English

[ 'blastəʊ ]

■ combining form relating to germination: blastoderm.

Origin

from Gk blastos 'germ, sprout'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

BLASTO — blasto- n [occurring in compounds] blasto-, blast- (= bud, sprout; specif.: germ, embryo)
Interlingua English vocab
BLASTO- — combining form see: blast-
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLASTO- — — see blast-
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLASTO- — a combining form meaning "bud, sprout," "embryo," "formative cells or cell layer," used in the formation of compound words: blastosphere. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLASTO- — see blast-
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLASTO- — blasto- combining form ▶ with stress-neutral suffix ¦blæst əʊ AmE -ə — blastopore ˈblæst əʊ pɔː AmE -ə pɔːr -poʊr …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLAST- — or blasto- combining form Etymology: German, from Greek, from blastos bud ; budding ; germ
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-STYLE — I. ˌstīl noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: Late Latin -stylon, from Latin, neuter of -stylos characterized by the …
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-PORE — ˌpō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: Latin porus — more at pore : opening atrio …
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-GRAPHIA — ˈgrafēə noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: Latin — more at -graphy 1. : writing on a (specified) topic …
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-DERM — ˌdərm, -ə̄m, -əim noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: probably from French -derme, from Greek derma : skin : …
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BLASTOPORAL — |blastō, |blastə+|pōrəl adjective or blas·to·por·ic “+|pȯrik : of, relating to, or involving a blastopore
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BLASTOCARPOUS — |blastō|kärpəs, -tə|- adjective Etymology: blast- + -carpous : germinating in the pericarp
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BLAST- — combining form or blasto- Etymology: German blast-, blasto-, from Greek, from blastos 1. : bud : budding : germ : …
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BLASTOSTYLE — — blastostylar , adj. /blas"teuh stuyl'/ , n. Zool. the central rodlike portion of a gonangium, upon which buds that …
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BLASTOSPORE — /blas"teuh spawr', -spohr'/ , n. Bot. a fungal spore that arises by budding. [ 1920-25; BLASTO- + -SPORE ]
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BLASTOSPHERE — /blas"teuh sfear'/ , n. Embryol. a blastula, esp. a blastocyst. [ BLASTO- + -SPHERE ]
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BLASTOPORE — — blastoporic /blas"teuh pawr"ik, -por"-/ , blastoporal /blas'teuh pawr"euhl, -pohr"-/ , adj. /blas"teuh pawr', -pohr'/ , n. Embryol. the opening …
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BLASTOMYCETE — /blas'teuh muy"seet, -muy seet"/ , n. any yeastlike fungus of the genus Blastomyces, all members of which are pathogenic to …
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BLASTOMERE — — blastomeric /blas'teuh mer"ik, -mear"-/ , adj. /blas"teuh mear'/ , n. Embryol. any cell produced during cleavage. [ 1875-80; BLASTO- …
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BLASTOGENESIS — /blas'teuh jen"euh sis/ , n. Biol. 1. reproduction by budding. 2. the theory of the transmission of hereditary characters by …
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BLASTODISK — /blas"teuh disk'/ , n. Embryol. the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the …
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BLASTODERM — — blastodermic, blastodermatic , adj. /blas"teuh derrm'/ , n. Embryol. 1. the primitive layer of cells that results from the …
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BLASTOCYST — /blas"teuh sist/ , n. Embryol. the blastula of the mammalian embryo, consisting of an inner cell mass, a cavity, and …
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BLASTOCOEL — — blastocoelic , adj. /blas"teuh seel'/ , n. Embryol. the cavity of a blastula, arising in the course of cleavage. …
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-BLASTIC — a combining form meaning "having a given type or number of buds, cells, or cell layers," or "undergoing a given …
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-BLAST — var. of blasto- as final element of a compound word: ectoblast.
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-CYST — Etymology: New Latin -cystis, from Greek kystis : bladder : sac blasto cyst
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-COELE — or -coel Etymology: probably from New Latin -coela, from neuter plural of -coelus hollow, concave, from Greek -koilos, from koilos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLAST- — or blasto- Etymology: German, from Greek, from blastos : bud : budding : germ blasto disc blast ula
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLAST- — [blast-] or blasto- comb form [G, fr. Gk, fr. blastos]: bud: budding: germ "blastodisc" "blastula"
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Concise Oxford English vocab

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