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blastomere
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blastomere /blas·to·mere/ (blas´to-mēr) one of the cells produced by cleavage of a zygote.
blas·to·mere (blst-mîr)
n.
Any of the cells resulting from the cleavage of a fertilized ovum during early embryonic development.
blasto·meric (-mîrk, -mr-) adj.
blastomere
[blas′təmēr]
Etymology: Gk, blastos + meros, part
any of the cells formed from the first mitotic division of a fertilized ovum (zygote). The blastomeres further divide and subdivide to form a multicellular morula in the first several days of pregnancy. Also called segmentation cell. See also blastula. blastomeric, adj.
blastomere
one of the cells produced by cleavage of a fertilized ovum.
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