GASTRULA


Meaning of GASTRULA in English

[ 'gastrʊlə ]

■ noun ( plural ~e -li: ) Embryology an embryo at the stage following the blastula, when it is a hollow cup-shaped structure having three layers of cells.

Derivatives

~tion noun

Origin

C19: mod. L., from Gk gastēr , gastr- 'stomach' + the L. dimin. ending -ula .

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