enteron
Americannoun
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entera
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of enteron
1835–45; < New Latin < Greek énteron intestine
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As it happened, enteron is another word for the human digestive system.
From Time Magazine Archive
This cavity is a part of the system of hollow liver trabeculae seen as a group of irregular masses of cells ventrad to the enteron at the opening of the anterior intestinal portal.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
This cup-stage is called the gastrula stage; the outer wall of the gastrula is the ectoderm, and its inner the endoderm; while its cavity is the enteron, and the opening to the exterior the blastopore.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
The former, to which they limited the use of the word coelom, and which is developed directly or indirectly from the enteron, is found in Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Chordata, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Figure 7 represents a reconstruction of the enteron of an embryo of 42 mm. crown-rump length.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
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