blastula
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin blastula, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).
Noun edit
blastula (plural blastulas or blastulae)
- (embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
an early form in the development of an embryo
Further reading edit
- “blastula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “blastula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “blastula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English blastula).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blastula
Declension edit
Inflection of blastula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | blastula | blastulat | ||
genitive | blastulan | blastuloiden blastuloitten | ||
partitive | blastulaa | blastuloita | ||
illative | blastulaan | blastuloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | blastula | blastulat | ||
accusative | nom. | blastula | blastulat | |
gen. | blastulan | |||
genitive | blastulan | blastuloiden blastuloitten blastulainrare | ||
partitive | blastulaa | blastuloita | ||
inessive | blastulassa | blastuloissa | ||
elative | blastulasta | blastuloista | ||
illative | blastulaan | blastuloihin | ||
adessive | blastulalla | blastuloilla | ||
ablative | blastulalta | blastuloilta | ||
allative | blastulalle | blastuloille | ||
essive | blastulana | blastuloina | ||
translative | blastulaksi | blastuloiksi | ||
abessive | blastulatta | blastuloitta | ||
instructive | — | blastuloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “blastula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Noun edit
blastula f (plural blastulas)
Further reading edit
- “blastula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin blastula. First attested in 1879.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blastula f
- (embryology) blastula (early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid)
- faza/stadium blastuli ― blastula stage
Declension edit
Declension of blastula
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