Standard Lemma guide

entosthoblast

noun · 1 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 1857-1862, Louis Agassiz, Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America when this [nucleolus] contains a still smaller body , this is called entosthoblast

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔντοσθεν (éntosthen, “from within”) (possibly due to association with superlatives in -ιστος (-istos)) + -blast.