ectoderm

English

From ecto- +‎ -derm.

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ectoderm (plural ectoderms)

(biology) The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

tissue layer in the embryo

ectoderm n (plural ectoderme)

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	ectoderm	ectodermul	ectoderme	ectodermele
genitive-dative	ectoderm	ectodermului	ectoderme	ectodermelor
vocative	ectodermule		ectodermelor