blastula
See also: blástula and blastulą
English
Etymology
From New Latin blastula, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).
Noun
blastula (plural blastulas or blastulae)
- (embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
an early form in the development of an embryo
Further reading
- “blastula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “blastula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “blastula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English blastula).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɑstulɑ/, [ˈblɑ̝s̠tulɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑstulɑ
- Syllabification(key): blas‧tu‧la
- Hyphenation(key): blas‧tu‧la
Noun
blastula
- (embryology) blastula (an early form in the development of an embryo)
Declension
| Inflection of blastula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | blastula | blastulat | |
| genitive | blastulan | blastuloiden blastuloitten | |
| partitive | blastulaa | blastuloita | |
| illative | blastulaan | blastuloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | blastula | blastulat | |
| accusative | nom. | blastula | blastulat |
| gen. | blastulan | ||
| genitive | blastulan | blastuloiden blastuloitten blastulain rare | |
| partitive | blastulaa | blastuloita | |
| inessive | blastulassa | blastuloissa | |
| elative | blastulasta | blastuloista | |
| illative | blastulaan | blastuloihin | |
| adessive | blastulalla | blastuloilla | |
| ablative | blastulalta | blastuloilta | |
| allative | blastulalle | blastuloille | |
| essive | blastulana | blastuloina | |
| translative | blastulaksi | blastuloiksi | |
| abessive | blastulatta | blastuloitta | |
| instructive | — | blastuloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- blastulaatio
Further reading
- “blastula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Noun
blastula f (plural blastulas)
- (embryology) blastula (an early form in the development of an embryo)
Further reading
- “blastula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblas.tu.la/
- Rhymes: -astula
- Hyphenation: blà‧stu‧la
Noun
blastula f (plural blastule)
- (embryology) blastula (an early form in the development of an embryo)
Further reading
- blastula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin blastula. First attested in 1879.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blasˈtu.la/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: blas‧tu‧la
Noun
blastula f
- (embryology) blastula (early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid)
- faza/stadium blastuli ― blastula stage
Declension
Declension of blastula
Related terms
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