blastula

See also: blástula

English

Etymology

From New Latin, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνειν (blastánein, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).

Noun

blastula (plural blastulas or blastulae)

1. (embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.

Related terms

• amphiblastula
• blastulation
• coeloblastula
• diblastula
• discoblastula
• stereoblastula

 

Translations

an early form in the development of an embryo

• Finnish: blastula
• French: blastula (fr) f
• Irish: blastúl m
• Italian: blastula (it) f
• Japanese: 胞胚 (hōhai)

• Portuguese: blástula (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бла̏стула f

  Roman: blȁstula (sh) f

• Turkish: blastula (tr)

Further reading

• blastula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• blastula in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• blastula at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑstulɑ/, [ˈblɑs̠t̪ulɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑstulɑ
• Syllabification: blas‧tu‧la

Noun

blastula

1. (embryology) blastula

Declension

Inflection of blastula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	blastuloin
abessive		blastulatta	blastuloitta
comitative		—	blastuloineen

Possessive forms of blastula (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	blastulani	blastulamme
2nd person	blastulasi	blastulanne
3rd person	blastulansa

Synonyms

• rakkula-aste

Derived terms

• blastulaatio

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French

Noun

blastula f (plural blastulas)

1. blastula