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Webster 1913 Edition

Periblast

Per′i-blast

,

Adj.

[Gr.

περιβλαστάνειν

to grow around. See

, and

.]

(Biol.)

The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation.

–

Perˊi-blas′tic

,

Adj.