ectoderm

English

Etymology

From ecto- +‎ -derm.

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Noun

ectoderm (plural ectoderms)

1. (biology) The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

Coordinate terms

• endoderm
• mesoderm

Derived terms

• ectodermal
• ectodermic
• ectodermosis
• ectomorph
• ectomorphic
• mesectoderm
• mesoectoderm
• neurectoderm
• neuroectoderm
• trophectoderm

Translations

tissue layer in the embryo

Catalan: ectoderma (ca) m Finnish: ektodermi (fi) French: ectoderme (fr) m German: Ektoderm (de) n Hungarian: ektoderma (hu) Italian: ectoderma (it) f Polish: ektoderma f, ektoblast m Portuguese: ectoderme f Romanian: ectoderm (ro) n Russian: эктоде́рма (ru) f (ektodérma) Spanish: ectodermo (es) m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ectoderme.

Noun

ectoderm n (plural ectoderme)

1. ectoderm

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ectoderm	ectodermul		ectoderme	ectodermele
genitive-dative	ectoderm	ectodermului		ectoderme	ectodermelor
vocative	ectodermule			ectodermelor