| meroblastic | <biology> Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterised by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; opposed to holoblastic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| meroblastic cleavage | Incomplete separation of the blastomeres, with the divisions being limited to the nonyolked portion of the egg. Synonym: incomplete cleavage. (05 Mar 2000) |