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noun Embryology.
1.
the primitive layer of cells that results from the segmentation of the ovum.
2.
the layer of cells forming the wall of the blastula, and in most vertebrates enclosing a cavity or a yolk mass.
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blastoderm blas·to·derm (blās'tə-dûrm') or blas·to·der·ma (blās'tə-dûr'mə)
n.
The layer of cells formed by the cleavage of a fertilized mammalian egg, which later divides into the three germ layers from which the embryo develops. Also called germinal membrane, germ membrane.
blas'to·der'mal or blas'to·der'mic or blas'to·der·mat'ic (-dər-māt'ĭk) adj.
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