epiblast

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm.
 * 2) * 1993, Oded Khaner, 5: Axis Determination in the Avian Embryo, Roger A. Pederson, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 28, Academic Press, page 171,
 * Hypoblasts from these stages were separated from the epiblasts and rotated 90 and 180°, relative to their posterior regions.

Synonyms

 * primitive ectoderm

Translations

 * Irish: eipeablast
 * Italian: epiblasto
 * Japanese: 胚盤葉上層
 * Portuguese: epiblasto
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: muldaluyan