mesoderm
noun
the middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.
mesodermic
-
a word derived from
mesoderm.
Example Sentences
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This papilla consists of vascular dermal, i.e. mesodermic tissue, and if the feather is pulled out during growth bleeding occurs.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
Now, the original lens was built out of the ectoderm, while the iris is of mesodermic origin.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
Groups of sensitive nerve cells separate from the ordinary epidermic cells; they retire into the more protected tissue of the mesodermic under-skin, and form special neural ganglia there.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
On the other hand, all the membranous, cartilaginous, and osseous coverings of the labyrinth are formed from the mesodermic head-plates.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
The false bladder of the fishes is a mesodermic product of the nephroducts; the true bladder of the Dipneusts, Amphibia, and Amniotes is an entodermic blind sac of the rectum.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
