endoderm

English

Etymology

endo- +‎ -derm

Noun

endoderm (plural endoderms)

1. One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the digestive system of the adult.

Translations

tissue layer in the embryo

• Finnish: endodermi (fi)
• Hungarian: endoderma
• Maori: kiriroto
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: endoderm (ro)
• Russian: эндоде́рма (ru) f (endodérma)
• Spanish: endodermo m

See also

• ectoderm
• mesoderm

Further reading

• “endoderm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “endoderm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “endoderm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.