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BLASTOCOEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Synonyms:
blastocele; blastocoel; blastocoele; cleavage cavity; segmentation cavity
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blastocoel" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Holonyms ("blastocoel" is a part of...):
blastosphere; blastula (early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs)
Derivation:
blastocoelic (of or relating to a segmentation cavity)
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