Periblastic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Periblast \Per"i*blast\, a. [Gr. periblasta`nein to grow around.
     See {Peri-}, and {-blast}.] (Biol.)
     The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or
     cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation. --
     {Per`i*blas"tic}, a.
     [1913 Webster]