Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to blastema; rudimentary: as, blastemal formations.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.

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  • adjective biology Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.

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  • adjective of or relating to blastemata

Etymologies

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blastema +‎ -al

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Examples

  • In particular, FgfR1 is expressed in pre-blastema mesenchymal cells during blastema formation, and maintained in subpopulations of blastemal and epidermal cells during outgrowth

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mohamed Bouzaffour et al. 2009

  • It has also been demonstrated that FgfR1 regulates blastemal cell proliferation during fin regeneration

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mohamed Bouzaffour et al. 2009

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