Mesoblast
[mez-uh-blast, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-] /ˈmɛz əˌblæst, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi zə-, -sə-/
noun, Embryology.
1.
the mesoderm.
2.
the primordial middle layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the mesoderm.
/ˈmɛsəʊˌblæst/
noun
1.
another name for mesoderm
mesoblast mes·o·blast (měz’ə-blāst’, měs’-)
n.
The middle germinal layer of an early embryo, consisting of undifferentiated cells destined to become the mesoderm.
mes’o·blas’tic adj.
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