blasto-

See also: -blasto

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνειν (blastánein, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).

Prefix

blasto-

1. bud; budding; germination
2. germ cell

   blastophthoria

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with blasto-

blastophthoria

blastocele

blastochyle

blastocoel

blastoconidium

blastocyst

blastocyte

blastoderm

blastodisk

blastogenesis

blastogenetic

blastogenic

gonoblastidium

blastokinesis

blastokinetic

blastomere

blastomycete

blastomycosis

blastomylonite

blastophore

blastopore

blastosphere

blastospore

blastostyle

blastotomy

blastozooid

• Blastobacter
• Blastobasidae
• blastocarpus
• Blastocladiales
• blastocone
• blastogranitic
• Blastoidea
• blastokinesis
• blastomycete
• blastomycin
• blastopelitic
• blastophitic
• blastophoral
• blastoporphyritic
• blastopsammite
• blastopsephitic
• blastozooid
• blasyomylonite

Translations

bud, budding, germination

• French: blasto- (fr)
• German: blasto- (de)
• Irish: blasta-
• Italian: blasto- (it)
• Polish: blasto-

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “blasto-”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “blasto-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• balots, bloats, bostal, oblast

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós)der.

Polish blasto-

Derived from Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blas.tɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -astɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

blasto-

1. blasto-

   ‎blasto- + ‎cysta → ‎blastocysta

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with blasto-

blastocel

blastocysta

blastoid

blastomer

blastomykoza

blastoderma

See also

• -blast

Further reading

• blasto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN