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
• Italian: blastema m
• Persian: تندینه (fa) sg (tandine)
• Polish: blastema f
• Portuguese: blastema m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: blastema (es) m

Anagrams

• balm teas, lambaste, labmates

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βλάστημα (blástēma). First attested in 1824.

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

Further reading

• blastema in Polish dictionaries at PWN