blastula

From New Latin blastula, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).

blastula (plural blastulas or blastulae)

1. (embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.

• blastula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “blastula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• blastula at OneLook Dictionary Search

Internationalism (see English blastula).

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑstulɑ/, [ˈblɑ̝s̠tulɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑstulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): blas‧tu‧la

blastula

1. (embryology) blastula

• rakkula-aste

• blastulaatio

blastula f (plural blastulas)

1. blastula

• “blastula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from New Latin blastula, from Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós). First attested in 1879.[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /blasˈtu.la/

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• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: blas‧tu‧la

blastula f

1. (embryology) blastula

   faza/stadium blastuli ― blastula stage

• blastula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blastula in Polish dictionaries at PWN