BLASTOCYSTS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word blastocysts. (close relations)
Definition of BLASTOCYSTS
blastocyst
Best Alternative Words for BLASTOCYSTS
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blastosphere | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
conceptus | nounn | |||||||
noun • an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | ||||||||
embryo | nounn | |||||||
noun • (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium • an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | ||||||||
zygote | nounn | |||||||
noun • (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell) | ||||||||
fertilized egg | nounn | |||||||
noun • an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | ||||||||
blastodermic vessicle | nounn | |||||||
noun • the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred |