morula

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to morula: blastocoel, trophoblast, embryoblast

mor·u·la

(môr′yə-lə, môr′ə-)

n. pl. mor·u·lae (-lē′)

The spherical embryonic mass of blastomeres formed before the blastula and resulting from cleavage of the fertilized ovum.

[New Latin mōrula, feminine diminutive of Latin mōrum, mulberry.]

mor′u·lar adj.

mor′u·la′tion n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

morula

(ˈmɒrjʊlə)

n, pl -las or -lae (-ˌliː)

(Biology) embryol a solid ball of cells resulting from cleavage of a fertilized ovum

[C19: via New Latin, diminutive of Latin morum mulberry, from Greek moron]

ˈmorular adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mor•u•la

(ˈmɔr ʊ lə, -yʊ-)

n., pl. -las, -lae (-ˌli)

the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of an ovum before the formation of a blastula.

[1855–60; < New Latin, = Latin mōr(um) mulberry + -ula -ule]

mor′u•lar, adj.

morula

The ball of cells produced from a fertilized cell after three days. See zygote.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

morula - a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula

conceptus, fertilized egg, embryo - 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

Translations

morula

n. mórula, masa esférica y sólida de células que resulta de la división celular del óvulo fecundado.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Durante el desarrollo postfertilizacion hasta la formacion del blastocisto ocurren una serie de eventos biologicos de suma relevancia, como la formacion del zigoto, la primera division celular, la activacion del genoma embrionario, la compactacion de la morula y la formacion del blastocisto (10).

Evaluacion de dos medios de cultivo sobre la produccion in vitro de embriones bovines

The inclusion body that contains the organism is called a morula, due to its "mulberry-shaped" appearance (Figure 1).

Human Ehrlichiosis: a case study

Push the 16 cells together to form a sphere (morula).

Modeling early embryology & stem cell concepts

The dispute was taken to court after e.tv sacked Vundla and took control of production of the show created by Vundla from his Morula Pictures shingle and Endemol South Africa.

Fresh 'Scandal' hits South Africa's soaps

Especificamente en el complejo OEIS y en el complejo cuerpo extremidad se ha sugerido que puede tener este defecto su origen en el periodo de la blastogenesis (13-15) que comprende entre la fecundacion y el dia 28; durante este tiempo el ovulo fecundado se desarrolla como morula, blastocisto, se realiza la gastrulacion, desaparece la cavidad corionica y ademas, en la cuarta semana se lleva a cabo el plegamiento convirtiendo el embrion en un cilindro (Cuadro 1) eventos determinantes para el normal desarrollo del periodo embrionario, que se inicia el dia 29 y finaliza en la semana 8 postfecundacion (semana 10 de amenorrea), dando paso al periodo fetal que se continua hasta finalizar el embarazo (13).

Presentacion de 4 casos de defectos de blastogenesis: complejo cuerpo extremidad, complejo OEIS y cordon corto

Once there are 32 cells, it is called a morula. With additional cell division, the morula becomes an outer shell of cells with an attached inner group of cells.

Origin of genetic information and evolution of biological species

On day 0, fathead minnow embryos (n = 240) at blastula and morula developmental stages were gathered from mating tiles in the husbandry unit at Brixham Environmental Laboratory.

Effects of ammonium perchlorate on thyroid function in developing fathead minnows, pimephales promelas

Embryo stage was defined as blastocyst, morula, multi-cell, or dead.

Devices used to vitrify mammalian embryos

Forty survived to the "compacted morula" stage (3-4 days), then 30 to the blastocyst stage (5-7 days).