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Epiblast
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ep⋅i⋅blast

  [ep-uh-blast]
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–noun Embryology.
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:
1865–70; epi- + -blast

Related forms:
ep⋅i⋅blas⋅tic, adjective
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ep·i·blast   (ěp'ə-blāst')   
n.  The outer layer of a blastula that gives rise to the ectoderm after gastrulation.
ep'i·blas'tic adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: epi·blast
Pronunciation: 'ep-&-"blast
Function: noun
: the outer layer of the blastoderm : ECTODERM —epi·blas·tic /"ep-&-'blas-tik/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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epiblast ep·i·blast (ěp'ə-blāst')
n.
The outer layer of a blastula that gives rise to the ectoderm after gastrulation.

ep'i·blast'ic adj.

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