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entoderm

American  
[en-tuh-durm] / ˈɛn təˌdɜrm /

noun

Embryology.
  1. endoderm.


entoderm British  
/ ˈɛntəʊˌdɜːm /

noun

  1. embryol another name for endoderm

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of entoderm

First recorded in 1875–80; ento- + -derm

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In consequence of this, the animal cells of the ectoderm are darker than the vegetal cells of the entoderm.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

C. From the third layer of the embryo, the entoderm, arises:—   The fat and the marrow.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Gerald R. Leighton

The larger vegetal cells of the entoderm are richer in granules, and so darker than the smaller and lighter animal cells of the ectoderm.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

We may confine our attention to this groove for the moment, leaving out of account the other two layers of the embryo—namely, the mesoderm and the entoderm.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Gerald R. Leighton

Outer layer is the ectoderm; inner layer, the entoderm; internal cavity, the archenteron; mouth of cavity, blastopore.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John Mason Tyler

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