entosthoblast
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἔντοσθεν (éntosthen, “from within”) (possibly due to association with superlatives in -ιστος (-istos)) + -blast.
Noun
[edit]entosthoblast (plural entosthoblasts)
- (biology) The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.
- 1857-1862, Louis Agassiz, Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America
- when this [nucleolus] contains a still smaller body , this is called entosthoblast
- 1857-1862, Louis Agassiz, Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America
References
[edit]- “entosthoblast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.