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blastogenesis medical definition

noun
  1. Reproduction of unicellular organisms by budding.
  2. Development of an embryo during cleavage and germ layer formation.
  3. Transformation of small lymphocytes of human peripheral blood into large, undifferentiated cells capable of undergoing mitosis.

Related Forms:

  • blastogenetic , blasˌto·genˈic adjective

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