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morula

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Noun
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mor=u=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

morulan. [NL., dim. of L. morum a mulberry.].
     The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

morula, n. (pl. morulae) a fully segmented ovum from which a blastula is formed.

Etymology
mod.L, dimin. of L morum mulberry

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