cytoblastema Biol.
(saɪtəʊblæˈstiːmə)
[f. as prec. (by Schleiden) + blastema protoplasm. F. cytoblastème.]
A name for the protoplasm from which the cell is produced.
| 1842 Baly tr. Müller's Physiol. II. 1643 Schwann has observed their development in the exterior of other cells in a structureless substance, the cytoblastema. 1882 Gilburt in Jrnl. Quekett Microsc. Club Ser. ii. No. 1. 31 The substance in which the cells arose was named cell-germinating material or cytoblastema. |
Hence cytoblaˈstemal, cytoblaˈstematous, cytoblaˈstemic, cytoblaˈstemous adjs.
| 1859 Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 770 Cytoblastemal formations. |