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Gastrula

Gastrula Meaning & Definition
Gastrula Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gastrula?

[n] double-walled stage of the embryo succeeding the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm

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See Also | archenteron | conceptus | embryo | fertilized egg

Gastrula In Webster's Dictionary

\Gas"tru*la\, n.; pl. {Gastrul[ae]}[NL., dim. fr. Gr. ? the stomach.] (Biol.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under {Invagination}. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See {Gastr[ae]a}. -- a. Of or pertaining to a gastrula.

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