epiblast

[ ep-uh-blast ]

nounEmbryology.
  1. the primordial outer layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the ectoderm and containing cells capable of becoming the mesoderm and endoderm.

Origin of epiblast

1
First recorded in 1865–70; epi- + -blast

Other words from epiblast

  • ep·i·blas·tic, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for epiblast

epiblast

/ (ˈɛpɪˌblæst) /


noun
  1. embryol the outermost layer of an embryo, which becomes the ectoderm at gastrulation: Also called: ectoblast

Derived forms of epiblast

  • epiblastic, adjective

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