Blastema

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  • noun. A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or a body part develops, either in normal development or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
  • noun. A structureless substance from which it was formerly believed that cells are formed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In bot.: Originally, the axis of an embryo, consisting of the radicle and the growing-point at its summit.
  • noun. In later use, the initial point of growth from which any organ or part of an organ is developed.
  • noun. Sometimes, the thallus of cryptogamous plants.
  • noun. In anatomy and physical, the bioplasm or protoplasm of a germinating ovum; the substance of the blastomeres, blastoderm, etc.; granular formative material.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
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  • noun. a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops
    • Word Usage
    "Instead, a bump of cells called a blastema forms at the injured area."
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