blastocyst

1. 1.

   the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred

   Synonymsblastodermic vessicle

   Broaderblastula

Other forms of blastocyst

plural

blastocysts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blastocyst

What does blastocyst mean?

blastocyst means "the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred".

How many syllables are in blastocyst?

blastocyst has 3 syllables: bla-sto-cyst. The stress falls on "bla".

What is another word for blastocyst?

Close synonyms include blastodermic vessicle. 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 blastocyst a common word?

blastocyst 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.