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Blastema

The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.

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Cell 76% connected

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Blastemal 74% connected

Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.

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Blastemal 74% connected

Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.

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Blastematic 74% connected

Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.

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Blastematic 74% connected

Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.

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Active transport noun · 78% connection

transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…

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Apoptosis noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cell organ noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Cell organelle noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Chromatin noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Chromatin granule noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Chromosome noun · 78% connection

a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…

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Cytol noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cytoplasm noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytoskeleton noun · 78% connection

a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence

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Dictyosome noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi apparatus noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi body noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi complex noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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lysosome noun · 78% connection

an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)

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Archaeopteryx noun · 78% connection

extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primi…

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Archenteron noun · 78% connection

The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.

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Archi- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as…

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Biorgan noun · 78% connection

A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.

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Cataplasia noun · 78% connection

(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form

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Collagen noun · 78% connection

The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: structureless, protoplasmic, tissue, embryo, primitive.
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Corpuscle noun · 78% connection

A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellul…

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Elastin noun · 78% connection

A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: structureless, protoplasmic, tissue, embryo, primitive.
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Embryo adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

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Enchyma noun · 78% connection

The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

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Endorhizous adjective · 78% connection

Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonou…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: structureless, protoplasmic, tissue, embryo, primitive.
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Endosperm noun · 78% connection

nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants

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Enzyme noun · 78% connection

An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, peps…

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Epinastic adjective · 78% connection

A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hypo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: structureless, protoplasmic, tissue, embryo, primitive.
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Epitheca noun · 78% connection

A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: structureless, protoplasmic, tissue, embryo, primitive.
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Fetus noun · 78% connection

The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and…

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Found verb · 78% connection

To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative…

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