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Gastrula
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Gas′tru-la
,Noun.
pl.
Gastrulæ
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[NL., dim. fr. Gr. [GREEK] the stomach.]
(Biol.)
An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under
– Invagination
. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastræa
. Adj.
Of or pertaining to a gastrula.
Definition 2024
gastrula
gastrula
English
Noun
gastrula (plural gastrulas or gastrulae)
- (embryology) A stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a two-layered sac of ectoderm and endoderm.
Finnish
Noun
gastrula
- (embryology) gastrula
Declension
| Inflection of gastrula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gastrula | gastrulat | |
| genitive | gastrulan | gastruloiden gastruloitten |
|
| partitive | gastrulaa | gastruloita | |
| illative | gastrulaan | gastruloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gastrula | gastrulat | |
| accusative | nom. | gastrula | gastrulat |
| gen. | gastrulan | ||
| genitive | gastrulan | gastruloiden gastruloitten gastrulainrare |
|
| partitive | gastrulaa | gastruloita | |
| inessive | gastrulassa | gastruloissa | |
| elative | gastrulasta | gastruloista | |
| illative | gastrulaan | gastruloihin | |
| adessive | gastrulalla | gastruloilla | |
| ablative | gastrulalta | gastruloilta | |
| allative | gastrulalle | gastruloille | |
| essive | gastrulana | gastruloina | |
| translative | gastrulaksi | gastruloiksi | |
| instructive | — | gastruloin | |
| abessive | gastrulatta | gastruloitta | |
| comitative | — | gastruloineen | |