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Noun: gastrulation  `gastrû'leyshun
  1. The process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells

Derived forms: gastrulations

Type of: biological process, organic process

Part of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

Encyclopedia: Gastrulation