Meroblast

Related to Meroblast: holoblastic

Mer´o`blast


n.1.(Biol.) An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an albuminous or nutritive one; - opposed to holoblast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.