epiboly /epib·o·ly/ (e-pib´o-le) a process by which an outside cell layer spreads to envelope a yolk mass or deeper layer of cells.
e·pib·o·ly ( -pb  -l )n. The growth of a rapidly dividing group of cells around a more slowly dividing group of cells, as in the formation of a gastrula. |
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