blastema

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noun

A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.

OriginAncient Greek βλάστημα →
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Meanings

nounblastema (plural blastemas or blastemata)

plural blastemas · plural blastemata

  1. medicineA clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekβλάστημα“sprout”
  2. Englishblastema

From Ancient Greek βλάστημα (blástēma, “sprout”).

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Translations

Finnish blasteema, solurypäs
  • blasteemaa clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
  • solurypäsa clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
French blastème
  • blastèmea clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
German Blastem
  • Blastema clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
Irish blaistéama
  • blaistéamaa clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
Italian blastema
  • blastemaa clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
Persian تندینه
  • تندینه (tandine)a clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
Polish blastema
  • blastemaa clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
Portuguese blastema
  • blastemaa clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
Russian бласте́ма
  • бласте́ма (blastéma)a clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop
Spanish blastema
  • blastemaa clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with blastema

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Anagrams

lambaste
Cite this entry
APA

blastema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blastema

MLA

“blastema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blastema. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blastema,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blastema.

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