Blast

Morpheme

Blast

Type

bound base

Denotation

cell, germ, sprout

Etymology

Ancient Greek blastós, from blastánein +-tós

Evidence

acroblast, adenoblast, ameloblast, ameloblastoma, amnioblast, angioblast, antiblastic, arsenoblast, astroblast, blastic, blastocyst, blastogenesis, blastoma, blastomas, blastomata, blastomere, blastula, blastulae, blastular, blastulas, blastulation, brachioblast, cardioblast, cementoblast, centroblast, chaetoblast, choanoblast, cholangioblastic, chondroblast, chromoblast, cnidoblast, coeloblast, colloblast, cystoblast, cytoblast, diblastula, diploblastic, discoblastic, discoblastula, ectoblast, embryoblast, endoblast, enteroblast, entoblast, entosthoblast, epiblast, epiblastic, epidermoblast, erythroblast, erythroblastoma, fibroblast, genoblast, gigantoblast, glioblast, glioblastoma, gonadoblastoma, gonialblast, gonimoblast, granuloblast, haematoblast, haemoblast, hematoblast, hepatoblastic, heteroblastic, histoblast, holoblastic, homeoblastic, homoblastic, hypnoblast, hypoblast, idioblast, immunoblast, iridoblast, leucoblast, leukoblast, lipoblast, lymphoblast, lymphoblastoma, macroblast, medulloblastoma, megakaryoblast, megaloblast, melanoblast, meroblastic, mesentoblast, mesoblast, midblastula, monoblastic, myeloblast, myoblastoma, myocardioblast, neoblastic, nephroblastic, nephroblastoma, nesidioblast, neuroblastic, neuroglioblast, normoblast, odontoblast, ooblast, opsiblastic, osteoblast, parablast, periblast, photoblastic, pineoblastoma, planoblast, plasmablast, poikiloblast, polyblastic, reticuloblast, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyoblast, sarcoblast, sideroblast, somatoblast, spermatoblast, spermoblast, spheroblast, spongioblast, spongoblast, sporoblast, statoblast, tachyblastic, teloblast, tenoblast, thelyblast, thromboblast, thyroblast, tracheoblast, triploblastic, trochoblast, trophoblast, xenoblast, zooblast, zygotoblast

Homographs

Blast