Ectoderm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The outermost of the three primary germ layers of an embryo, from which the epidermis, nervous tissue, and, in vertebrates, sense organs develop.
  • n. The outer layer of a diploblastic animal, such as a jellyfish.
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  • n. Outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.
  • n. The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of blastoderm.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The completed outer layer of cells, or outer blastodermic membrane, in all metazoan animals, formed by the cells of the epiblast, and primitively constituting the outer wall of the whole body, as the endoderm does that of the body-cavity; an epiblast, ectoblast, or external blastoderm.
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  • n. the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    germ layer   
    Cross Reference
    endoderm    mesoderm   
    Variant
    blastoderm   
    Hyponym
    neural tube   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    epiblast   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mesoderm    endoderm    dermis    rose-hued    endothelium   
     
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