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mesoblast

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mes⋅o⋅blast

  [mez-uh-blast, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]
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–noun Embryology.
1. the mesoderm.
2. the primordial middle layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the mesoderm.
Origin:
1855–60; meso- + -blast

Related forms:
mes⋅o⋅blas⋅tic, adjective
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mes·o·blast   (měz'ə-blāst', měs'-)   
n.  The middle germinal layer of an early embryo, consisting of undifferentiated cells destined to become the mesoderm.
mes'o·blas'tic adj.
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Main Entry: me·so·blast
Pronunciation: 'mez-&-"blast, 'mEz-, 'mEs-, 'mes-
Function: noun
: the embryonic cells that give rise to mesoderm;broadly : MESODERM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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mesoblast mes·o·blast (měz'ə-blāst', měs'-)
n.
The middle germinal layer of an early embryo, consisting of undifferentiated cells destined to become the mesoderm.

mes'o·blas'tic adj.

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