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Definition of "blastocyte" []

  • An undifferentiated blastomere of the morula or the blastula stage of an embryo. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "blastocyte" in a sentence
  • "Silly boy, its no more a clone than a blastocyte is a baby."
  • "AGAIN until you can show with something other than your BELIEF that a blastocyte is a child or has a seperate life and conciousness then you cant even BEGIN to make an ETHICAL argument based on something other than DOGMA which IS NOT THE SAME AS AN ETHIC."
  • "The blastocyte cells are considered the most promising, as they have an endless capacity for replication, and can be transformed into any type of human cell."
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