Morula: The solid mass of blastomeres resulting from the early cleavage divisions of the zygote. In oocytes with little yolk, the morula is a spheroid mass of cells; in forms with considerable yolk, the configuration of the morula stage is greatly modified. [Mod. L. dim. of L. morus, mulberry]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Morula: The early embryo at the developmental stage in which the BLASTOMERES, resulting from repeated mitotic divisions of the fertilized ovum (ZYGOTE), form a compact cell mass.
Source: MeSH 2007
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