blastema

blastema

See also: blastemą

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλάστημα (blástēma, “sprout”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

blastema (plural blastemas or blastemata)

1. (physiology) A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.

Derived terms

• blastemal (blastematic, blastematous)
• blastemic

Translations

a clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop

Finnish: blasteema, solurypäs French: blastème (fr) m German: Blastem n Irish: blaistéama m Polish: blastema f Portuguese: blastema m Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• labmates, lambaste

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βλάστημα (blástēma). First attested in 1824.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blasˈtɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Syllabification: blas‧te‧ma

Noun

blastema f

1. (physiology) blastema

Declension

Declension of blastema

	singular	plural
nominative	blastema	blastemy
genitive	blastemy	blastem
dative	blastemie	blastemom
accusative	blastemę	blastemy
instrumental	blastemą	blastemami
locative	blastemie	blastemach
vocative	blastemo	blastemy

References

1. Roczniki Towarzystwa Warszawskiego Przyjaciół Nauk‎, issue 17, 1824, page 426
2. blastema in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

• blastema in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blastema in Polish dictionaries at PWN