suffix
Meaning 1
an immature cell or tissue
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
-blast
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós)bor. English -blast Borrowed from Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós, “germ, sprout”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: -blast — an immature cell or tissue
- Chinese Cantonese: -母細胞 /-母细胞 (mou5 sai3 baau1) — an immature cell or tissue
- Chinese Mandarin: -母细胞 (mǔxìbāo) — an immature cell or tissue
- French: -blaste — an immature cell or tissue
- Hungarian: -blaszt — an immature cell or tissue
- Ido: -blasto — an immature cell or tissue
- Irish: -blast — an immature cell or tissue
- Italian: -blasto — an immature cell or tissue
- Japanese: 芽細胞 (gasaibō) — an immature cell or tissue
- Polish: -blast — an immature cell or tissue