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Webster 1913 Edition
Epiboly
E-pib′o-ly
,Noun.
[Cf. Gr. [GREEK] a throwing upon.]
(Biol.)
Epibolic invagination. See under
Invagination
. Definition 2025
epiboly
epiboly
English
Noun
epiboly (usually uncountable, plural epibolies)
- (embryology) The expansion of one cell sheet over other cells, as takes place during gastrulation or secondary intention wound healing.
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Translations
the expansion of one cell sheet over other cells, as takes place during gastrulation or secondary intention wound healing
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