blastocele etymology

English word blastocele comes from English -cele, English blasto- (Bud; budding; germination.)

Detailed word origin of blastocele

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-cele English (eng) (possibly, nonstandard) Alternative form of -coel (“cavity”) (medicine) A hernia.. (medicine) A tumour.
blasto- English (eng) Bud; budding; germination.
blastocele English (eng)

Words with the same origin as blastocele

Descendants of -cele
adenocele amniocele bronchocele choledochocele encephalocele enterocele galactocele glossocele hepatocele keratocele laparocele lymphocele merocele mucocele omphalocele pneumatocele proctocele pseudocele rectocele spermatocele ureterocele urethrocele urocele varicocele
Descendants of blasto-
blastochyle blastocoele blastocyst blastocyte blastoderm blastodermal blastodermic blastodisk blastogenesis blastogenetic blastoid blastoma blastomere blastomycosis blastomylonite blastoporal blastopore blastoporic blastosphere blastospore blastostyle blastotomy preblastodermal