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blastula vs conceptus

conceptus vs blastula

blastula and conceptus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
blastula Yes No No No
conceptus Yes No No No
As nouns, conceptus is a hypernym of blastula; that is, conceptus is a word with a broader meaning than blastula:
  • blastula: early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
  • conceptus: 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
Other hypernyms of blastula include embryo, fertilized egg.
blastula (noun) conceptus (noun)
early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs 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
Difference between blastula and conceptus

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