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The blastula of mammals
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blastocyst
Word definitions for blastocyst in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blastocyst \Blas"to*cyst\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. cyst.] (Biol.) The germinal vesicle.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1876, from blasto- + cyst .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The blastocyst is a structure formed in the early development of mammals. It possesses an inner cell mass (ICM) which subsequently forms the embryo . The outer layer of the blastocyst consists of cells collectively called the trophoblast . This layer surrounds ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) The mammalian blastula
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the blastula of mammals [syn: blastosphere ]
Usage examples of blastocyst.
A Barkakati-carrying cell was inserted into each of these enucleated blastocysts, where it began dividing like a freshly fertilized embryo.
The blastocyst just got transferred to the uterine replicator this morning.
Marg, though the implanted blastocyst that she was host-mothering could scarcely have been causing her any inconvenience yet.
She had lost the blastocyst implant during the retaking of the tree, Bram knew.
Satisfied with her intervention, she flowed the blastocyst down her fallopian tubes where it locked onto the wall of her uterus.
The four cells had been carefully separated, and each one allowed to divide to the blastocyst stage.
All four embryos were in the so-called blastocyst stage, in which the future child consists of a small cellular cluster at one end of a hollow ball of cells that will eventually form the fetal part of the placenta.
The cloned stem cells in therapeutic cloning are harvested from the blastocyst stage well before any embryo forms.
Stephanie would begin the process of harvesting the multipotential stem cells from the forming blastocysts, but until then she would have some free time.
The stem cells are harvested in the blastocyst stage before any cellular differentiation.