ectodermal
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Perplexed, the dentist dug deep into his dental school textbooks and concluded that Charley had an extraordinarily rare disorder called hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023
In addition to a lack of teeth, which could affect one’s jaw profile, people with ectodermal dysplasia tend to have a prominent forehead, thin lips and dark skin around the eyes.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023
Ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia syndrome is a rare genetic condition which often affects the fingers and toes, often requiring adaptive surgery.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2021
Each mesentery consists of one ectodermal and one endodermal cell layer with the mesoglea sandwiched in between.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The broad ectodermal fold that first appears in the middle line of the flattened dorsal surface, and forms a shallow longitudinal groove, is the beginning of the central nervous system, the medullary tube.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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