sarcoblast
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods, thouth to play a role in nutrient storage or in the metabolism of the cell.
noun
An embryonic cell that can differentiate into myoblasts.
Example Sentences
- "There is nothing improbable therefore in the assumption that the entire series in their earliest condition, that is to say when the chitinoid exudation of which the test is entirely composed makes its appearance around the sarcoblast, are identical in form ."
- "These elongated structures were less differentiated than the parent sarcoblast; they did not develop cross-banding as a rule in the short period of cultivation (about 5 days) used by these workers."
Etymology
From sarco- + -blast.