SOMATOPLEURE


Meaning of SOMATOPLEURE in English

n.

Pronunciation: s ō - ' ma-t ə - ˌ plu ̇ r

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin somatopleura, from somat- + Greek pleura side

Date: 1874

: a complex fold of tissue in the embryo of a craniate vertebrate consisting of an outer layer of mesoderm together with the ectoderm that sheathes it and giving rise to the amnion and chorion

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