Medical Dictionary
holoblastic
adj ho·lo·blas·tic \ˌhō-lə-ˈblas-tik, ˌhäl-ə-\
Medical Definition of HOLOBLASTIC
: characterized by cleavage planes that divide the whole egg into distinct and separate though coherent blastomeres <holoblastic eggs> <holoblastic cleavage>—compare meroblastic
—ho·lo·blas·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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