blastodisc

Questions about blastodisc

What does blastodisc mean?

blastodisc means "a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula".

How many syllables are in blastodisc?

blastodisc has 3 syllables and divides as bla-sto-disc under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for blastodisc?

Close synonyms include blastoderm, germinal disc, germinal area. 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 blastodisc a common word?

blastodisc 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.