morula
(mor'ŭ-lă , mor'ŭ-lē‵, mor'ŭ-lī‵)
Plural: morulae
[L. morus, mulberry + -ula, a diminutive suffix]
- A solid mass of cells, resembling a mulberry, resulting from cleavage of an ovum.
SEE: fertilization for illus.
- A mulberry-shaped body found in white blood cells in patients afflicted with human granulocyte ehrlichiosis.