placode

[ plak-ohd ]

nounEmbryology.
  1. a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.

Origin of placode

1
1905–10; <Greek plak- (stem of pláx) something flat, tablet + -ode1

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