Somatopleure Definition

sō-mătə-plo͝or, sōmə-tə-
noun
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.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Somatopleure

Noun

Singular:
somatopleure
Plural:
somatopleures

Origin of Somatopleure

  • New Latin somatopleura somato– Greek pleura side

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek body + side.

    From Wiktionary

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