blastodisk

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Etymology

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From blasto- +‎ disk.

Noun

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blastodisk (plural blastodisks)

  1. (biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk

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