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Webster 1913 Edition


Meroblastic

Merˊo-blas′tic

,
Adj.
(Biol.)
Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only;
as,
meroblastic
ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission;
meroblastic
segmentation; – opposed to
holoblastic
.

Definition 2024


meroblastic

meroblastic

English

Adjective

meroblastic (not comparable)

  1. (of a fertilized egg) that undergoes only partial cleavage

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