delamination Biol.
(dɪlæmɪˈneɪʃən)
[n. of action from prec.]
The process of splitting into separate layers: spec. applied to the formation of the layers of the blastoderm (q.v.).
| 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 115 note, The formation of the gastrula by delamination, or splitting of the walls of an oval shut planula-sac into two layers. 1886 H. Spencer in 19th Cent. May 764 The next stage of development..is reached in two ways—by invagination and by delamination. |