单词 | epiboly |
释义 | epiboly[ ih-pib-uh-lee ] / ɪˈpɪb ə li / noun, plural e·pib·o·lies.Embryology.the movement and spreading out of cells into sheets of tissue that overlie or surround other groups of cells, especially as in the formation of certain gastrulas. Origin of epiboly1870–75; <Greek epibolḗ a throwing on, equivalent to epi-epi- + bol- (variant stem of bállein to throw) + -ē noun suffix OTHER WORDS FROM epibolyep·i·bol·ic [ep-uh-bol-ik], /ˌɛp əˈbɒl ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby epibolyepibiosis, epibiotic, epiblast, epiblem, epiblepharon, epiboly, epibulbar, epic, epicalyx, epicanthic fold, epicanthus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for epibolyepiboly / (ɪˈpɪbəlɪ) / noun plural -liesembryol a process that occurs during gastrulation in vertebrates, in which cells on one side of the blastula grow over and surround the remaining cells and yolk and eventually form the ectoderm Derived forms of epibolyepibolic (ˌɛpɪˈbɒlɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for epibolyC19: from Greek epibolē a laying on, from epiballein to throw on, from epi- + ballein to throw Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for epibolyepiboly [ ĭ-pĭb′ə-lē ] n.The growth of a rapidly dividing group of cells around a more slowly dividing group of cells, as in the formation of a gastrula. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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