blastema
noun
blastema is spelled B-L-A-S-T-E-M-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blastema means “A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blastema is blastemas or blastemata.
How many letters and syllables are in blastema?
| Letters | 8: B-L-A-S-T-E-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blastema?
Blastema appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with blastema?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as blastema.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lambaste.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blastema
- blastemas plural
- blastemata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blastema mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blastema in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part wil:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blastème |
| German | Blastem |
| Portuguese | blastema |
| Spanish | blastema |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blastema come from?
From Ancient Greek βλάστημα (blástēma, “sprout”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).