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Gastrulation

Gasˊtru-la′tion

(găsˊtrụ-lā′shŭn)
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Noun.
(Biol.)
The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.

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gastrulation

gastrulation

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gastrulation (plural gastrulations)

  1. (embryology, biology) The stage of embryo development at which a gastrula is formed from the blastula by the inward migration of cells

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