Blastema

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops wordnet

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Etymology

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

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