Ectoderm

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  • noun. The outermost of the three primary germ layers of an embryo, from which the epidermis, nervous tissue, and, in vertebrates, sense organs develop.
  • noun. The outer layer of a diploblastic animal, such as a jellyfish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The completed outer layer of cells, or outer blastodermic membrane, in all metazoan animals, formed by the cells of the epiblast, and primitively constituting the outer wall of the whole body, as the endoderm does that of the body-cavity; an epiblast, ectoblast, or external blastoderm.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.
  • noun. The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of blastoderm.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
    • Word Usage
    "Both the skin and the brain are derived from the same embryonic tissue, which is known as the ectoderm."
    cross-reference
    endoderm  mesoderm  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    germ layer  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    neural tube  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dermis  endoderm  endothelium  mesoderm  rose-hued  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    epiblast  
    variant
    blastoderm  
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