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gastrulation

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gas·tru·la·tion  (gstr-lshn)
n.
The process of forming a gastrula.
gastrulation [ˌgæstrʊˈleɪʃən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Embryol the process in which a gastrula is formed from a blastula by the inward migration of cells
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Noun1.gastrulation - the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells
growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms


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