Meaning

1 senses
  1. The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

    Ektoderm

    эктоде́рмаektodérma

More definitions
  • the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The mesenchymal tissue between the mesothelium and the ectoderm forms the mass of the skeletal, muscular and vascular systems.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
tissue layer in the embryo:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tissue layer in the embryo:

Origin

From ecto- + -derm.

From ecto- + -derm.

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Forms

plural: ectoderms
Singularectoderm
Pluralectoderms

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue:exodermectoblast

Word family

9 related words

See also

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