Meanings
adjectiveholoblastic (comparative more holoblastic, superlative most holoblastic)
comparative more holoblastic · superlative most holoblastic
- biologyCleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres.
Origin
From holoblast + -ic or holo- + -blastic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish całkowity
- całkowitycleaving and separating into separate blastomeres
Portuguese holoblástico
- holoblásticocleaving and separating into separate blastomeres
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with holoblastic
fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
holoblastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holoblastic
MLA
“holoblastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holoblastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holoblastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holoblastic.
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