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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “blastula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “blastula”, in 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”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

blastula f (plural blastulas)

1. blastula

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

Learned borrowing from New Latin blastula. 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 (early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid)

   faza/stadium blastuli ― blastula stage

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