"ectoderm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ectoderms [plural]
Etymology: From ecto- + -derm. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|ecto|derm}} ecto- + -derm Head templates: {{en-noun}} ectoderm (plural ectoderms)
  1. (biology) 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. Categories (topical): Biology Derived forms: ectodermal Coordinate_terms: endoderm, mesoderm Translations (tissue layer in the embryo): ectoderma [masculine] (Catalan), ektodermi (Finnish), ectoderme [masculine] (French), Ektoderm [neuter] (German), ektoderma (Hungarian), ectoderma [feminine] (Italian), ectoderme [feminine] (Portuguese), ectoderm [neuter] (Romanian), эктоде́рма (ektodérma) [feminine] (Russian), ectodermo [masculine] (Spanish)

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