Thesaurus: ectoderm
The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.
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Definitions
- 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.
- n. the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
- (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. (b) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.
- Of or relating to the ectoderm.
- n. the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue