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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MORULA

Via New Latin, diminutive of Latin morum mulberry, from Greek moron.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MORULA

morula  [ˈmɒrjʊlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORULA

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Morula is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MORULA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Morula

A morula is an embryo at an early stage of embryonic development, consisting of cells in a solid ball contained within the zona pellucida. The morula is produced by embryonic cleavage, the division of the zygote. Once the zygote has divided into 16 cells, it begins to resemble a mulberry, hence the name morula. Within a few days after fertilization, cells on the outer part of the morula become bound tightly together with the formation of desmosomes and gap junctions, becoming nearly indistinguishable. This process is known as compaction. Compaction provides adaptive benefits for various species, including Copidosoma floridanum; in the morula-stage, C. floridanum embryo invades the embryo of the host, utilizing adherent junctions to host cells. The cells of the morula then secrete a viscous liquid, causing a central cavity to be formed, forming a hollow ball of cells known as the blastocyst. The blastocyst's outer cells will become the first embryonic epithelium. Some cells, however, will remain trapped in the interior and will become the inner cell mass, and are pluripotent.

Definition of morula in the English dictionary

The definition of morula in the dictionary is a solid ball of cells resulting from cleavage of a fertilized ovum.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORULA


cardiovascular
ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈvæskjʊlə
cellular
ˈsɛljʊlə
circular
ˈsɜːkjʊlə
florula
ˈflɒrjʊlə
formula
ˈfɔːmjʊlə
glomerular
ɡlɒˈmɛrjʊlə
insula
ˈɪnsjʊlə
modular
ˈmɒdjʊlə
molecular
məʊˈlɛkjʊlə
morular
ˈmɒrjʊlə
muscular
ˈmʌskjʊlə
particular
pəˈtɪkjʊlə
peninsula
pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə
popular
ˈpɒpjʊlə
regular
ˈrɛɡjʊlə
singular
ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə
spectacular
spɛkˈtækjʊlə
spherular
ˈsfɛrjʊlə
sporular
ˈspɒrjʊlə
titular
ˈtɪtjʊlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORULA

mortifies
mortify
mortifying
mortifyingly
Mortimer
mortise
mortise and tenon joint
mortise lock
mortiser
mortling
mortmain
Morton
mortsafe
mortuaries
mortuary
morulae
morular
morulation
morwong
moryah

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORULA

aula
curricula
Dracula
Eula
ferula
gastrula
gula
hula
kula
ligula
matricula
nebula
neurula
pula
regula
spirula
torula
Tula
Ursula
zebrula

Synonyms and antonyms of morula in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «morula» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORULA

Find out the translation of morula to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of morula from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «morula» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

桑椹胚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mórula
570 millions of speakers

English

morula
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

morula
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تويتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

морула
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mórula
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তখন মোরিউলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

morula
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Morula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Morula
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

桑実胚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상실 배
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Morula
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phôi dâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

morula
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोरूला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

morula
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

morula
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

morula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

морула
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

morula
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

morula
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

morula
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

morula
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

morula
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of morula

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORULA»

The term «morula» is regularly used and occupies the 68.041 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORULA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «morula» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «morula» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about morula

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORULA»

Discover the use of morula in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to morula and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Early Embryology of the Chick, Fourth Edition
at a stage which corresponds with the morula stage of forms with less yolk. It consists of a disc-shaped mass of cells several strata in thickness (the blastoderm) lying closely applied to the yolk. In the center of the blastoderm the cells are ...
Bradley M. Patten, 2008
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100 Questions and Answers about Infertility
If the embryos are maintained in culture beyond day 3, they first form a solid ball containing approximately 30 to 50 cells, called a morula. Over the next day or two , this solid ball of cells becomes a hollow sphere with a clearly defined inner cell  ...
John D. Gordon, Michael DiMattina, 2007
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Embryonic Stem Cells
[6] Embryonic Stem Cells from Morula Abstract It has been shown that it is possible to establish human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines from morula. Details of the aforementioned injection method of morula under blastocyst are described in ...
‎2006
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Textbook of Ophthalmology
1.5: Morula Fig. 1.3: Three-cell stage Fig. 1.6: Trophoblast formation (Fig. 1.4), a " 5-cell" stage, etc. This process of subdivision of the ovum into smaller cells is called cleavage. MORULA As cleavage proceeds the ovum comes to have 16 cells.
Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Lucio Buratto, 2002
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Oceanography and Marine Biology, An Annual Review
Table 8 Mean (±SD) sizes of Morula marginalba feeding on different barnacles on one particular shore (n=50). Mean (range) of dry flesh weight (mg) of prey sampled over the sizes eaten by Morula (n>20) for each species. (After Moran et al.
Alan Ansell, R. N. Gibson, Margaret Barnes, 1999
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Equine Reproductive Physiology, Breeding and Stud Management
gelatinous layer zona pellucida polar bodies fertilized ova (zygote) day 2 blastomeres zona pellucida days 3—4 morula gelatinous outer layer by day 2. ( Betteridge and Mitchell, 1975; Onuma and Ohnami, 1975; Flood et al., 1979; Ball and ...
Mina C. G. Davies Morel, 2008
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Organization of the Early Vertebrate Embryo
In birds the plane of bilateral symmetry is gravity dependent (Kochav and Eyal- Giladi, 1971) and is gradually established during the cleavage and morula stages by the spatial position of the blastodisc. Although there is probably some ...
Nikolas Zagris, Anne Marie Duprat, Antony Durston, 1995
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The Comparative Embryology of Sponges
5.12, 39) (Boury-Esnault et al. 1999; Leys et al. 2006). 3.2. After the fourth cycle ( 16 blastomeres), cleavage is no longer radial but chaotic, and an equal morula is formed (Fig. 5.12, 8). This type of early development is characteristic exclusively ...
Alexander V. Ereskovsky, 2010
9
Epigenetic Regulation and Epigenomics
Gene Function Arrest point Reference(s) Transcription factor Che1/Aatf/Trb RNA polymerase II binding protein regulates E2F target genes Morula [145] Creb and Atf1 cAMP/Ca++-dependent transcription, single knockout is viable, double ...
Robert A. Meyers, 2012
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Human Biology
... Director the Evergreen Institute Daniel D Chiras, Ph.D. (c) 8-cell stage FiguRE 22-4 Formation of the Morula and Blastocyst During Pre-embryonic Development Endometrium Capillary Cords of trophoblastic cells Capillary Decidua Inner cell ...
Daniel D. Chiras, Director the Evergreen Institute Daniel D Chiras, Ph.D., 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORULA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term morula is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fertilization: your pregnancy week by week
... days making its way down the fallopian tube, at which time it will develop into a morula, a ball of 12 to 15 cells and then into a blastocyst.1,2,4. «Medical News Today, Jul 15»
2
'Generations The Legacy' confirms exit of two main actresses
Asanda Foji and Denise Zimba are two actresses who did not have their contracts renewed by Morula Pictures, the production company at the ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
3
Mbise Penetrates Market
I always use the logs of Morula, Mosetlha and Motswere because they don't crack up," he said. Mbise noted that the concept of creativity, which ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Straight Talk With French Ambassador
We are also in the process of working with the Innovation Hub on the Morula product. Botswana is currently facing challenges of acute shortage ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Morula Sun Casino takes gamble
Preparation of the site in Pretoria where Sun International plans to build a casino. It is relocating the Morula Sun. Picture: Christine Vermooten ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
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South African Bingo Group Questions Legality of Morula Sun Hotel …
To be more precise, Goldbrush's court filing is aimed at testing the legality of the Gauteng Gambling Board's decision to renew Morula Sun's ... «Casino News Daily, Jul 15»
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The Abortion That Let Me Be a Mother
They were white, he explained with his very unique sense of humor, because “since the morula is still so small, it's impossible to know the ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
8
Gulli targets African eyeballs with local content
Gulli Africa has also bought three South-African animation series, 3D animation Morula Pictures' The Magic Cellar, Sunrise Productions' Jungle ... «TBI Vision, Jun 15»
9
Early Childhood Development Vital
Morula Zac Day Care Centre has five classes and approximately 90 children. It has five qualified Pre-School teachers and 10 Tirelo Sechaba ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
10
Connect and win with Morula Hotel
Morula Casino has rounded-up some awesome DJs and artists to lead revelers at a vibrant Youth Day celebration on 16 June 2015. The event ... «Citizen, Jun 15»

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