-blast
[ad. Gr. βλαστ-ός sprout, shoot, germ]
used as the second element in technical terms, esp. in Biology, in sense of ‘germ, embryo’ as in epiblast, mesoblast, and hypoblast; cf. blastoderm.
-blast
[ad. Gr. βλαστ-ός sprout, shoot, germ]
used as the second element in technical terms, esp. in Biology, in sense of ‘germ, embryo’ as in epiblast, mesoblast, and hypoblast; cf. blastoderm.
Oxford English Dictionary