| mesoblast | <biology> The mesoderm. The cell nucleus; mesoplast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mesoblastema | All the cells collectively which constitute the early undifferentiated mesoderm. Origin: meso-+ G. Blastema, a sprout (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesoblastemic | Relating to or derived from the mesoblastema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesoblastic | <biology> Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mesoblastic nephroma | <radiology> Foetal renal hamartoma, solid, unencapsulated mass with bundles of connective tissue, replaces 60-90% of kidney, cured by nephrectomy, nearly all solid renal tumours in 1st several weeks of life mesonephric nephroma, not Wilms (12 Dec 1998) |
| mesoblastic segment | 1. <zoology> One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, especially. An articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere. Somitic. 2. <embryology> Segmentally arranged blocks of mesoderm lying on either side of the notochord and neural tube during development of the vertebrate embryo. Somites are formed sequentially, starting at the head. Each somite will give rise to muscle from the myotome region), spinal column (from the sclerotome) and dermis (from dermatome). (04 Mar 1998) |
| mesoblastic sensibility | The sensation felt in muscle when it is contracting; awareness of movement or activity in muscles or joints; sense of position or movement mediated in large part by the posterior columns and medial lemniscus. See: bathyesthesia. Synonym: deep sensibility, kinesthetic sense, mesoblastic sensibility, muscular sense, myoesthesis, myoesthesia. Origin: G. Mys, muscle, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |