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Blastoderm vs Blastodisk - What's the difference?

blastoderm | blastodisk |

As nouns the difference between blastoderm and blastodisk

is that blastoderm is (embryology) the germination point in an ovum from whence the embryo develops while blastodisk is (biology) a round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk.

blastoderm

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia blastoderm)
  • (embryology) The germination point in an ovum from whence the embryo develops.

    • Derived terms

    * blastodermal * blastodermic

    blastodisk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * blastodisc

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk