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Definition of Epiboly
1. n. Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.
Definition of Epiboly
1. Noun. (embryology) The expansion of one cell sheet over other cells, as takes place during gastrulation or secondary intention wound healing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epiboly
1. the growth of one part around another [n -LIES] : EPIBOLIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Epiboly
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epiboly
Literary usage of Epiboly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1895)
"... cence or epiboly. Frequently the forward growth of the margin of the ectoderm
docs not proceed uniformly at all points, but a more active marginal ..."
2. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"... of inclusion of the hypoblast within the epiblast may have the appearance of
the growth of the latter over the former, or what is termed epiboly / while ..."
3. A Textbook of General Embryology by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"The blastopore of the Amphioxus gastrula, at first widely open, soon closes
rapidly on account of the growth and epiboly of its lip. ..."
4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"That is to say, in certain embolic gastrulae there is a, commencement of epiboly,
followed eventually by an invagination of the ..."
5. Outlines of Chordate Development by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"... cells derived from the dorsal margin of the blastopore which have been added
to the endo- derm through epiboly and inflection, forming a baud along the ..."
6. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"... я. figure of speech [also spelt epiboly] i'piba-h. epiboly я. gastrulation [also
spelt ..."
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