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splanchnopleure

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[splangk-nuh-ploor] / ˈsplæŋk nəˌplʊər /

noun

Embryology.

  1. the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.

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Origin of splanchnopleure

From the New Latin word splanchnopleura, dating back to 1870–75. See splanchno-, pleura

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