splanchnopleure

American  

[splangk-nuh-ploor] / ˈsplæŋk nəˌplʊər /

noun

Embryology.

1. the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.

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Other Word Forms

• splanchnopleural
  adjective
• splanchnopleuric
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of splanchnopleure

From the New Latin word splanchnopleura, dating back to 1870–75. See splanchno-, pleura