macromère — ● macromère nom masculin Cellule de grande taille, se formant au début du développement embryonnaire des animaux. Monomère de masse molaire élevée. macromère [makʀomɛʀ; makʀɔmɛʀ] n. m. ÉTYM. 1905; autres sens, 1873; de macro , et (blasto)mère,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
macromere — [mak′rō mir΄] n. [ MACRO + MERE] one of the large cells produced by unequal cell division during the early embryologic development of many animals, as mollusks … English World dictionary
macromere — noun Date: 1877 a large blastomere see blastula illustration … New Collegiate Dictionary
macromere — n. [Gr. makros, large; meros, part] A distinctly large cell resulting from unequal cleavages during early embryology … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
macromere — /mak reuh mear /, n. Embryol. one of the large blastomeres that form toward the vegetal pole in embryos undergoing unequal cleavage. [1875 80; MACRO + MERE] * * * … Universalium
macromere — noun A large blastomere … Wiktionary
macromere — mac·ro·mere … English syllables
macromere — mac•ro•mere [[t]ˈmæk rəˌmɪər[/t]] n. dvl one of the blastomeres that form toward the vegetal pole in embryos undergoing unequal cleavage … From formal English to slang
macromere — ˈmakrōˌmi(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: macr + mere : any of the large blastomeres of the vegetative hemisphere of an embryo that result from the unequal segmentation of a telolecithal egg opposed to micromere; see blastula illustration … Useful english dictionary
Cleavage (embryo) — In embryology, cleavage is the division of cells in the early embryo. The zygotes of many species undergo rapid cell cycles with no significant growth, producing a cluster of cells the same size as the original zygote. The different cells derived … Wikipedia
