MESOBLAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesoblast mean? 

• MESOBLAST (noun)
  The noun MESOBLAST has 1 sense:

1. the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue

  Familiarity information: MESOBLAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESOBLAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mesoblast; mesoderm

Hypernyms ("mesoblast" is a kind of...):

germ layer ((embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mesoblast"):

chordamesoderm; chordomesoderm (the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord)

mesenchyme (mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles)

Derivation:

mesoblastic (relating to or derived from the mesoderm)

 Context examples 

The rod-shaped body, composed of cells derived from the mesoblast and defining the primitive axis of the embryo.

(Notochord, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A malignant germ cell tumor of the central nervous system composed of primitive-appearing epithelial cells - putatively representing yolk sac endoderm - set in a loose, variably cellular, and often conspicuously myxoid matrix, resembling extra-embryonic mesoblast.

(Central Nervous System Yolk Sac Tumor, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)