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-blast

 
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var. of blasto- as final element of a compound word: ectoblast.

blasto-

 
a combining form meaning “bud, sprout,” “embryo,” “formative cells or cell layer,” used in the formation of compound words: blastosphere.
Also, -blast.

Origin:
< Gk, comb. form of blastós a bud, sprout
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-blast  
suff.  An immature, embryonic stage in the development of cells or tissues: erythroblast.

[From Greek blastos, bud.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

-blast suff.
An immature, embryonic stage in the development of cells or tissues: erythroblast.

blasto- or blast-
pref.
Bud; germ; budding; germination: blastocyst.

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