mesoderm

English

Noun

mesoderm (plural mesoderms)

1. (embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development, it will produce many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and circulatory system.

Coordinate terms

• ectoderm
• endoderm

Translations

tissue produced by gastrulation

Esperanto: mezodermo (eo) Finnish: mesodermi (fi)

French: mésoderme (fr) m. Portuguese: mesoderme (pt) f., mesoderma (pt) f. Russian: мезоде́рма (ru) (mezodérma) f.