MORULA (morulae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: morulae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does morula mean? 

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

1. a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

conceptus; embryo; fertilized egg (an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life)

 Context examples 

This includes cells in the cleavage, morula, and blastula stages of the embryo.

(Blastomere, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)