blastocele

Questions about blastocele

What does blastocele mean?

blastocele means "the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula".

How many syllables are in blastocele?

blastocele has 4 syllables: bla-sto-ce-le. The stress falls on "sto".

What is another word for blastocele?

Close synonyms include blastocoel, blastocoele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blastocele a common word?

blastocele is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.