splanchnopleure

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα (splánkhna, “viscera”) + πλευρά (pleurá, “a side of something”)

Noun

splanchnopleure (plural splanchnopleures)

1. A layer of embryonic cells formed from the mesoderm and endoderm that develops into the wall of the viscera.

Related terms

• splanchnopleural
• splanchnopleuric