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blasto- before vowels blast-, word-forming element used in scientific compounds to mean "germ, bud," from Greek blasto-, combining form of blastos "sprout, germ," which is of unknown origin.
cyst (n.)
"bladder-like bag or vesicle in an animal body," 1713, from Modern Latin cystis (in English as a Latin word from 1540s), from Greek kystis "bladder, pouch," which is of uncertain etymology.
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Definitions of blastocyst
blastocyst (n.)
the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred;
Synonyms: blastodermic vessicle
