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conceptus vs blastula

blastula vs conceptus

conceptus and blastula both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
conceptus Yes No No No
blastula Yes No No No
As nouns, blastula is a hyponym of conceptus; that is, blastula is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conceptus:
  • 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
  • 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
Other hyponyms of conceptus include blastosphere, gastrula, morula.
conceptus (noun) blastula (noun)
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 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
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