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Webster 1913 Edition

-blast

-blast

.
[Gr.
βλαστόσ
sprout, shoot.]
A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation;
as, bio
blast
, epi
blast
, meso
blast
, etc.

Definition 2024

-blast

-blast

See also: blast, bläst, blåst, blæst, and blast-

English

Suffix

-blast

  1. an immature cell or tissue

Derived terms

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Translations

Irish

Etymology

From blast, from Ancient Greek βλαστός ‎(blastós, “germ, sprout”).

Suffix

-blast m

  1. (cytology) -blast

Derived terms

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαστός ‎(blastós, “germ, sprout”).

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