The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβλαστός“germ, sprout”
- English todayblast cell
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ, sprout”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβλαστός all →
blastulablasto-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
blast cell
Today it means: A cell that produces something, such as a fibroblast or osteoblast. Full definition →
Ancient Greek βλαστός