neoblasticadj.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈblastɪk/, U.S. /ˌniəˈblæstɪk/ Of the nature of or relating to new growth; (Zoology and Geology) relating to or of the nature of a neoblast or neoblasts.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Neoblastic, having the character of a new growth.
1939 P. G. Chadwick Death Guard ii. iv. 133 They continued their abnormal growth..subjected to..complex injections, about which I was never enlightened, though I know that some were to counteract neoblastic tendencies, and others to toughen their blubbery flesh.
1962 Science 28 Sept. 1074/3 Discussions deal with..neoblastic regulation and tissue interaction in flatworms.
1982 Physics Earth & Planetary Interiors 30 26 Grain growth due to GBM [= grain boundary migration] is observed in the formation of margins of neoblastic grains which display very different structures of dislocations from that of consumed porphyroclastic and initial neoblastic grains.
1996 Internat. Geol. Rev. 38 1086 Neoblastic hydrous, calcic aluminosilicates and layer silicates suggest that the Hawtel mélange recrystallized at lithostatic pressures of less than 3 kbar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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