Definition of Blastogenesis

1. Noun. Asexual reproduction by budding.

Generic synonyms: Agamogenesis, Asexual Reproduction
Derivative terms: Blastogenetic

2. Noun. Theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm.
Generic synonyms: Theory
Derivative terms: Blastogenetic

Definition of Blastogenesis

1. n. Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.

Definition of Blastogenesis

1. Noun. (biology) reproduction via budding ¹

2. Noun. (biology) The transformation of small lymphocytes into larger, undifferentiated cells that undergo mitosis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Blastogenesis

1. Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding. Origin: Gr. Sprout + E. Genesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastogenesis

blastocytoma
blastoderm
blastodermal
blastodermatic
blastodermic
blastodermic disk
blastodermic ectoderm
blastodermic layers
blastodermic vesicle
blastoderms
blastodisc
blastodiscs
blastodisk
blastoff
blastoffs
blastogenesis (current term)
blastogenetic
blastogenic
blastoid
blastoidea
blastoids
blastolysis
blastolytic
blastoma
blastomas
blastomata
blastomere
blastomeres
blastomeric
blastomerotomy

Literary usage of Blastogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1897)
"Geographical Distribution ti III. SYSTEMATIC 7 INTRODUCTION. •»fnt—both blastogenesis and embryogenesis—and not the least ..."

2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"If it is ever to be correctly answered, it must be by considering the evidence afforded by the blastogenesis in connection with the evidence to be derived ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"A developmental question of wider moment than the one just disposed of, and one which I discuss with much greater confidence, is this, if blastogenesis has ..."

4. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"blastogenesis. Reproduction by budding, as used in this book; in general, propagation from an undifferentiated germinal mass. BLASTOMERES. ..."

5. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive And by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"A decrease in T-lymphocyte number and T-lymphocyte blastogenesis and mitogenesis in iron deficiency in response to a number of different mitogens also has ..."

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