mesenchyme

See also: mésenchyme

English

Etymology

Late 19th c.: from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + -enchyme (“cellular tissue”) (< ἔγχυμα (énkhuma, “instillation”)).

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Noun

mesenchyme (countable and uncountable, plural mesenchymes)

1. (anatomy) That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc

Related terms

• chymoplasm
• mesenchymal
• mesengenesis

Translations

Translations

• French: mésenchyme (fr) m
• Hebrew: רִקְמַת חִבּוּר עֻבָּרִית f
• Kazakh: мезенхима (mezenxima)