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BLASTOMERE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blastomere" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Derivation:
blastomeric (of or relating to a blastomere)