Definition of blastomere in English:
blastomere
nounˈblastə(ʊ)mɪəˈblæstəˌmɪr
Embryology A cell formed by cleavage of a fertilized ovum.
Example sentencesExamples
- No one has yet converted a single blastomere from an eight-cell embryo into a stem cell line.
- Another issue raised is that the blastomere and resulting stem cells would not genetically match the patient receiving the cell transplant.
- During cleavage the apoptotic bodies are partitioned to blastomeres.
- A single blastomere is removed from each 8-cell human embryo for the purposes of preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
- In the first, we injected calcium green into one of the blastomeres in the developing fish.
Definition of blastomere in US English:
blastomere
nounˈblæstəˌmɪrˈblastəˌmir
Embryology A cell formed by cleavage of a fertilized ovum.
Example sentencesExamples
- Another issue raised is that the blastomere and resulting stem cells would not genetically match the patient receiving the cell transplant.
- No one has yet converted a single blastomere from an eight-cell embryo into a stem cell line.
- In the first, we injected calcium green into one of the blastomeres in the developing fish.
- A single blastomere is removed from each 8-cell human embryo for the purposes of preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
- During cleavage the apoptotic bodies are partitioned to blastomeres.