BLASTEMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: blastemata   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("blastema" 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:

blastemal; blastematic; blastemic (of or relating to blastemata)

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