blastula
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- conceptus hypernym
- blastocyst hyponym
Parts & wholes
- blastocoel part meronym
- trophoblast part meronym
Related & opposite
- blastospheric derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blastospheric |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | blastocoel |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | trophoblast |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conceptus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blastocyst |