somatopleure

(-plo̵or′)

noun

Embryology a mass of tissue formed from the fusion of the ectoderm and the outer of the two layers of the mesoderm, forming much of the body wall and the amnion and chorion

Origin: somato- + Gr pleura, a side

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See somatopleure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A complex sheet of embryonic cells in craniate vertebrates, formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the ectoderm and developing as the internal body wall.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin somatopleura

Origin: : somato-

Origin: + Greek pleura, side

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Related Forms:

  • so·matˌo·pleuˈral (-plo͝orˈəl), so·matˌo·pleuˈric (-plo͝orˈĭk) adjective

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