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Ectoderm

Ectoderm Meaning & Definition
Ectoderm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ectoderm?

[n] the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ectoderm: ectoblast | exoderm

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See Also | germ layer | neural tube

Ectoderm In Webster's Dictionary

\Ec"to*derm\, n. [Ecto- + -derm.] (Biol.) (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}.

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