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gastrulate

[ gas-troo-leyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, Embryology.

, gas·tru·lat·ed, gas·tru·lat·ing.

to undergo gastrulation.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gastrulate¹

gastrul(a) + -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

We need to see human embryos gastrulate and form organs and start perturbing it.

From MIT Technology Review

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