Gastrulation
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The stage of embryo development at which a gastrula is formed from the blastula by the inward migration of cells.
"The study of comparative embryology, nevertheless, would lead us to expect to find this germ layer arising by a process of gastrulation."
- 2 the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells wordnet
Example
More examples"The study of comparative embryology, nevertheless, would lead us to expect to find this germ layer arising by a process of gastrulation."
Etymology
From German Gastrulation, coined by Ernst Haeckel in his 1872 work "Biology of Calcareous Sponges" (see also gastrula).