-blast

See also: blast, bläst, blåst, blæst, and blast-

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós)bor.

English -blast

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós, “germ, sprout”).

Suffix

-blast

1. an immature cell or tissue

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -blast

acroblast

adamantoblast

adenoblast

ameloblast

amnioblast

angioblast

arsenoblast

astroblast

brachioblast

cardioblast

cementoblast

centroblast

chaetoblast

choanoblast

cholangioblast

chondroblast

chromoblast

cnidoblast

coeloblast

colloblast

cystoblast

cytoblast

ectoblast

embryoblast

endoblast

enteroblast

entoblast

entosthoblast

epiblast

epidermoblast

erythroblast

fibroblast

genoblast

gigantoblast

glioblast

gonialblast

gonimoblast

granuloblast

haematoblast

hæmatoblast

haemoblast

hæmoblast

hematoblast

hemoblast

hemocytoblast

hepatoblast

histoblast

holoblast

hypnoblast

hypoblast

-blastic

idioblast

immunoblast

iridoblast

leucoblast

leukoblast

lipoblast

lymphoblast

macroblast

megakaryoblast

megaloblast

melanoblast

meroblast

mesentoblast

mesoblast

monoblast

myeloblast

myoblast

myocardioblast

neoblast

nephroblast

nesidioblast

neuroblast

normoblast

odontoblast

ooblast

osteoblast

parablast

periblast

planoblast

plasmablast

poikiloblast

polyblast

reticuloblast

retinoblast

rhabdomyoblast

sarcoblast

sideroblast

somatoblast

spermatoblast

spermoblast

spheroblast

spongioblast

spongoblast

sporoblast

statoblast

teloblast

tenoblast

thelyblast

thromboblast

thyroblast

tracheoblast

trichoblast

trochoblast

trophoblast

xenoblast

zooblast

zygotoblast

• -blastic

Translations

an immature cell or tissue

• Catalan: -blast m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: -母細胞 / -母细胞 (mou⁵ sai³ baau¹)

  Mandarin: -母细胞 (mǔxìbāo)

• French: -blaste (fr) m
• Hungarian: -blaszt
• Ido: -blasto
• Irish: -blast m
• Italian: -blasto (it) m
• Japanese: 芽細胞 (がさいぼう, gasaibō)
• Polish: -blast m

Anagrams

• Balts, blats

Irish

Etymology

From blast, from Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ, sprout”).

Suffix

-blast m

1. (cytology) -blast

Declension

Declension of -blast (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative -blast -blastaí vocative a -blast a -blastaí genitive -blast -blastaí dative -blast -blastaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an -blast na -blastaí genitive an -blast na -blastaí dative leis an -blast don -blast leis na -blastaí

Derived terms

Irish terms suffixed with -blast

oistéablast

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós)der.

Polish -blast

Derived from Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blast/

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• Rhymes: -ast
• Syllabification: -blast

Suffix

-blast m inan

1. -blast

   ‎cyto- + ‎-blast → ‎cytoblast

Declension

Declension of -blast

	singular	plural
nominative	-blast	-blasty
genitive	-blastu	-blastów
dative	-blastowi	-blastom
accusative	-blast	-blasty
instrumental	-blastem	-blastami
locative	-blaście	-blastach
vocative	-blaście	-blasty

Derived terms

Category Polish terms suffixed with -blast not found

See also

• blasto-

Further reading

• “-blast”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)