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blastoderm

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈblæstəˌdɚm/
  • CMU ARPABET: B L AE1 S T AH0 D ER0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The germination point in an ovum from which the embryo develops.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: embryology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cicatricula

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: germinal disc, blastodisc, germinal area

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: layer

History

Etymology

From blasto- (“germ”) + -derm (“skin”).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 胚盤 /胚盘 (pēipán) — point from which the embryo develops
  • Dutch: blastoderm — point from which the embryo develops
  • Esperanto: blastodermo — point from which the embryo develops
  • French: blastoderme — point from which the embryo develops
  • German: Blastoderm — point from which the embryo develops
  • Indonesian: blastoderma — point from which the embryo develops
  • Irish: blastaideirm — point from which the embryo develops
  • Italian: blastoderma — point from which the embryo develops
  • Japanese: 胚盤葉 (haiban'yō) — point from which the embryo develops
  • Korean: 배반엽 (baebanyeop) — point from which the embryo develops
  • Polish: blastoderma — point from which the embryo develops
  • Portuguese: blastoderma — point from which the embryo develops
  • Portuguese: blastoderme — point from which the embryo develops
  • Russian: бластоде́рма (blastodɛ́rma) — point from which the embryo develops
  • Spanish: blastodermo — point from which the embryo develops
  • Vietnamese: bì phôi — point from which the embryo develops