How does the word sound?
History of this Word
"blast" is from "blastos" (germ) spoken by people of Greece starting about 1000 B.C.
Notes
In this sense, it is a word added to another word to form a new word.
More words with this suffix,
hematoblast
dermoblast
colloblast
angioblast
Definition
A word ending that shows a type of bud or embryo. Created by people to expand meaning of words. Can be added to the end of many words.
Examples of how the word is used
| Despite pre-cooling the cell membrane is continuously decaying and sodium and potassium ions found in the cytoblast enter into the intercellular space. |
| Sea urchins also have radial holoblastic cleavage. |