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periblast

 [per´ĭ-blast]
the portion of the blastoderm of a telolecithal ovum, in which cells lack complete cell membranes.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

per·i·blast

(per'i-blast),
A specialized region of yolk surface immediately peripheral to the blastoderm in telolecithal eggs.
[peri- + G. blastos, germ]
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periblast

the tissue surrounding the BLASTODERM in meroblastic eggs.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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