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epiboly
[ ih-pib-uh-lee ]
noun
Embryology.
plural epibolies.
- 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.
epiboly
/ ɪˈpɪbəlɪ; ˌɛpɪˈbɒlɪk /
noun
- embryol 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
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Derived Forms
- epibolic, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð±è·¾±Â·²ú´Ç±ô·¾±³¦ [ep-, uh, -, bol, -ik], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of epiboly1
C19: from Greek ±ð±è¾±²ú´Ç±ôŧ a laying on, from epiballein to throw on, from epi- + ballein to throw
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She had memorized a phrase: cleavage; epiboly, and organogenesis.
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