Blastomere


any cell produced during cleavage.
Historical Examples

The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation Austin O’Malley

noun
(embryol) any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
blas’to·mer’ic (-mēr’ĭk, -měr’-) adj.
blastomere
(blās’tə-mîr’)
Any of the cells resulting from the cleavage of a fertilized ovum. In the initial stage of development, the blastomeres adhere to each other in a mass called a morula.

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