-blast
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- An immature, embryonic stage in the development of cells or tissues:
萌芽状态：细胞或组织发展过程中不成熟的萌芽时期：
erythroblast.
成红细胞
语源
- From Greek blastos [bud]
源自 希腊语 blastos [芽]
-blast
combining form in countable noun
(in biology) indicating an embryonic cell or formative layer
⇒
mesoblast
Origin
from Greek blastos bud-blast
1
variant of blasto- as final element of a compound word:
ectoblast.
Related Words
- angioblast
- archiblast
- cnidoblast
- colloblast
- ectoblast
- endoblast
-blasta combining form meaning 'embryo', 'sprout', 'germ', as in ectoblast.
[Greek blastos]-blast
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epiblast
\\\\ˌblast\\\\ noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -blastus, from Greek blastos bud, shoot, from blastanein to bud, sprout
: formative unit especially of living matter : germ : cell : cell layerepiblast
-blast
combining form
- Biology denoting an embryonic cell【生】表示“胚胎”。比较
-CYTE .： -
erythroblast.
- ■ denoting a germ layer of an embryo表示“胚层”, “胚芽”：
-
epiblast.
词源
from Greek blastos 'germ, sprout'.
ORIGIN: Greek blastos sprout, germ.
-blast
\ˌblast, -aa(ə)st, -aist\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin -blastus, from Greek blastos; akin to Old English molda top of the head, Greek blōthros tall, melathron roof, Sanskrit mūrdhan head, Tocharian A malto first
1. biology
a. : germ : shoot : sprout
b. : embryonic or formative cell — in names of formative cells corresponding to names of fully developed cells ending in -cyte
< erythroblast >
c. : germ layer : formative layer of cells
< splanchnoblast >
d. : formative constituent unit of living matter
< idioblast >
2. geology : crystal formed during metamorphism
< porphyroblast >
1. biology
a.
b.
< erythroblast >
c.
< splanchnoblast >
d.
< idioblast >
2. geology
< porphyroblast >
-blast
Suffix
- an immature cell or tissue
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ, sprout”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -blast