mesenchyme

See also: mésenchyme

English

Etymology

Late 19th c.: from meso- (“cellular tissue”) +‎ -enchyme (from parenchyma).

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Noun

mesenchyme (countable and uncountable, plural mesenchymes)

  1. (anatomy) That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc

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