cytoblastema

noun

cy·​to·​blastema

: the formative material from which cells formerly were thought to arise

cytoblastemal

¦⸗⸗+

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cyt- + blastema

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

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