somatopleure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.

Word forms

somatopleure somatopleures

Etymology

From somato- + Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “side”).

Related words

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