parablast
CIDE DICTIONARY
parablast,
n. [Cf. Gr. to grow beside. See
Para-, and
-blast.].
A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels. C. S. Minot. [1913 Webster]
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