Morula

Definition: Morula

Morula

Noun

1. A solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula.

Etymology: Morula \Mor"u*la\, noun; plural Morul[ae]. [New Latin expression, diminutive of Latin morum mulberry.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Morula

Domain	Definition
Health	The early embryo at the developmental stage in which the blastomeres, resulting from repeated mitotic divisions of the fertilized ovum, form a compact mass. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Morula

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Morula is a stage of embryonic development in animals, including the 16-cell phase, the 32-cell phase, and the 64-cell phase. The morula is produced by embryonic cleavage, the rapid cell division of the zygote with virtually no growth. The morula is a solid ball; after the 64-cell phase, it develops into a hollow ball, the blastula.

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

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Synonym: Morula

Synonym by domain: morulae (medicine).

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Crosswords: Morula

English words defined with "morula": Egg cleavage ♦ Morulae, Morulation, mulberry mass ♦ Planula ♦ Segmentation of the ovum. (references)

Specialty definitions using "morula": Blastomeres ♦ Cleavage Stage, Ovum. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Morula

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In the leukocytes, ehrlichiae divide to form vacuole-bound colonies known as morulae (plural for morula, which is the Latin word for mulberry, referring to the mulberry-like clustering of the dividing organisms). (references)
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Usage Frequency: Morula

"Morula" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Morula" is used about 4 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%	4	175,879

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Expression: Morula

Expression using "morula": sperm morula. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Morula

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
morula	16
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Modern Translation: Morula

Language		Translations for "morula"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		morula. (various references)

Dutch		morula, klompje cellen afkomstig uit de splitsing van de zygoot. (various references)

Finnish		rakkula-aste. (various references)

French		morula. (various references)

German		Morula. (various references)

Greek		μορίδιο. (various references)

Pig Latin		orulamay

Spanish		mórula. (various references)

Swedish		morula. (various references)
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Derivations: Morula

Derivations
	Words beginning with "morula": morulae, morular, morulas, morulation, morulations. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Morula"

Words rhyming with "morula" (pronounced 'Mor"u*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, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Morula

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-l-m-o-r-u"
	-1 letter: amour, larum, molar, moral, mural.
	-2 letters: alum, arum, loam, lour, marl, maul, mola, mora, mura, oral, roam.
	-3 letters: amu, arm, lam, lar, lum, mar, moa, mol, mor, oar, ora, our, ram, rom, rum.
	-4 letters: al, am, ar, la, lo, ma, mo, mu, om, or, um.
	Words containing the letters "a-l-m-o-r-u"
	+1 letter: clamour, formula, glamour, humoral, modular, morulae, morular, morulas, tumoral, unmoral.
	+2 letters: alumroot, clamours, columnar, emulator, formulae, formulas, fumarole, glamours, monaural, ramulose, ramulous, solarium.
	+3 letters: alumroots, amorously, beglamour, clamorous, clamoured, dicumarol, emulators, equimolar, formulaic, formulary, formulate, fumaroles, fumarolic, glamorous, glamoured, granuloma, malarious, marvelous, modularly, modulator, molecular, monocular, monovular, mutilator, myoneural, pulmonary, simulator, solariums, subnormal.
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