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blasto-
especially before a vowel, blast-
a combining form meaning “bud, sprout,” “embryo,” “formative cells or cell layer,” used in the formation of compound words.
blastosphere.
blasto-
combining form
(in biology) indicating an embryo or bud or the process of budding
blastoderm
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blasto-1
< Greek, combining form of ó a bud, sprout
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blasto-1
from Greek blastos ; see -blast
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Beneath it, Blasto Onyango, head preparator of the National Museums of Kenya, found a huge hominin molar.
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Blasto, as it’s called familiarly, lives in the dirt there and few other places.
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And yet the C.D.C. thought it was blasto.
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Blasto was called Chicago fever for decades; it was thought to center around Lake Michgan.
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Is there a Canadian solution when your northern dog gets blasto?
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The combining form blasto- is used like a prefix that literally means “bud, sprout.” It is often used in scientific terms, especially in anatomy and biology, to mean "embryo" or "formative cells or cell layer."The form blasto- comes from Greek ó, meaning “bud” and “sprout.” The Latin translation of ó is germen, “sprout” or “seed,” which is the source of germ, germane, and germinal. Find out more at our entry for each word. are variants of blasto-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, blasto- becomes blast-, as in blastoma. When used as a suffix, the combining form blasto- is -blast, as in ectoblast.
The combining form blasto- is used like a prefix that literally means “bud, sprout.” It is often used in scientific terms, especially in anatomy and biology, to mean "embryo" or "formative cells or cell layer."The form blasto- comes from Greek ó, meaning “bud” and “sprout.” The Latin translation of ó is germen, “sprout” or “seed,” which is the source of germ, germane, and germinal. Find out more at our entry for each word. are variants of blasto-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, blasto- becomes blast-, as in blastoma. When used as a suffix, the combining form blasto- is -blast, as in ectoblast.
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