(mor'ŭ-lă , mor'ŭ-lē‵, mor'ŭ-lī‵)

Plural: morulae

[L. morus, mulberry + -ula, a diminutive suffix]

1. A solid mass of cells, resembling a mulberry, resulting from cleavage of an ovum.

   SEE: fertilization for illus.

2. A mulberry-shaped body found in white blood cells in patients afflicted with human granulocyte ehrlichiosis.