ECTODERM


Meaning of ECTODERM in English

— ectodermal, ectodermic , adj. — ectodermoidal /ek'toh deuhr moyd"l/ , adj.

/ek"teuh derrm'/ , n. Embryol.

the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan. Also called ectoblast .

[ 1860-65; ECTO- + -DERM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .