English Explanatory Dictionary

mesoderm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.

Word forms

mesoderm mesoderms

Etymology

From meso- + -derm.

Derived words

endomesoderm mesendoderm mesodermal mesodermic mesodermless
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