Meroblastic

Definition:

• (a.) Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.

Compare meroblastic with other words:

meroblastic vs. mesoblastic

cleavage vs. meroblastic

holoblastic vs. meroblastic