Blastula

Definition: Blastula

Blastula

Noun

1. Early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs.

Etymology: Blastula \Blas"tu*la\, noun. [New Latin expression, diminutive of Greek blasto`s sprout.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Blastula

Synonym: blastodermic vesicle (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Blastula

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A stage of embryonic development in animals. The blastula follows the morula and precedes the gastrula in the development sequence. A blastula has more than 64 cells, with a large central cavity called the blastocoel.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blastula."

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Crosswords: Blastula

English words defined with "blastula": Archiblastula ♦ blastocele, blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocyst, blastoderm, blastodisc, blastosphere, blastospheric, blastular, Blastule ♦ cleavage cavity ♦ gastrula, gastrulation, germinal area, germinal disc ♦ morula ♦ segmentation cavity. (references)

Specialty definitions using "blastula": Blastomeres. (references)

Etymologies containing "blastula": Archiblastula. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Blastula

Domain	Title
Music	Blastula Ep [EP] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Usage Frequency: Blastula

"Blastula" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Blastula" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	12	101,599

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Blastula

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
blastula	13
blastula mitosis whitefish	2
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Modern Translations: Blastula

Language		Translations for "blastula"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		blastula (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere). (various references)

Dutch		blastula (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere), blastocyst (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere). (various references)

French		blastula (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere). (various references)

German		Blastula (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere), Keimblase (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere), Coeloblastula (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere). (various references)

Greek		βλαστίδιο (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere). (various references)

Pig Latin		astulablay

Portuguese		blástula (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere). (various references)

Spanish		blástula (blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Blastula

Derivations
	Words beginning with "blastula": blastulae, blastulas, blastulation, blastulations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Blastula" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Basaula, Bastola, Blackula, Blasdale. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Blastula"

Words rhyming with "blastula" (pronounced 'Blas"tu*la'): Acanthocephala, Acicula, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Alula, Ametabola, Ampulla, Amygdala, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Areola, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Blastula

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-l-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: ablauts, ballast.
	-2 letters: ablaut, basalt, tablas.
	-3 letters: abuts, albas, alula, atlas, baals, balas, balls, balsa, basal, blast, blats, bulla, bulls, salal, sault, stall, stull, tabla, tabus, talas, talus, tsuba, tubal, tubas.
	-4 letters: aals, abas, abut, alas, alba, albs, alls, alts, baal, baas, ball, bals, bast, bats, blat, bull, bust, buts, labs, last, lats, lust.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l-l-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: blastulae, blastulas.
	+3 letters: unballasted.
	+4 letters: blastulation, lactalbumins, racquetballs.
	+5 letters: blastulations, lactobacillus, suballocation, substantially, turbellarians, ultraliberals.
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