splanchnopleure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A layer of embryonic cells formed from the mesoderm and endoderm that develops into the wall of the viscera.

Word forms

splanchnopleure splanchnopleures

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα (splánkhna, “viscera”) + πλευρά (pleurá, “a side of something”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.