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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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The cells of both layers have at their bases long muscular fibrils, those of the ectodermal cells running longitudinally, those of the entoderm transversely.

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

The lateral parts of the gland are developed from the entoderm of the fourth visceral clefts, and, joining the median part, lose their pharyngeal connexion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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

Also almost any part of the animal containing both ectoderm and entoderm can be cut off and will develop into a new animal.

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

Afterwards there are slight histological differentiations in its ectoderm, though the entoderm remains a single stratum of cells.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

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