ectoderm
English
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Noun
ectoderm (plural ectoderms)
- (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.
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tissue layer in the embryo
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ectoderme.
Noun
ectoderm n (plural ectoderme)