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Definition of Endoderm
1. Noun. The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.
Definition of Endoderm
1. n. The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.
Definition of Endoderm
1. Noun. One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the digestive system of the adult. ¹
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Definition of Endoderm
1. the innermost germ layer of an embryo [n -S]
Medical Definition of Endoderm
1. A germ layer lying remote from the surface of the embryo that gives rise to internal tissues such as gut. Contrast mesoderm and ectoderm. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endoderm
Literary usage of Endoderm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"During the early part of this process, while the endoderm cells are still ...
The endoderm is composed of Fig. 9. — Section vertical to the ectoderm and ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The outer layer of the gastrula is called the ectoderm, the inner one the endoderm,
while between them a third layer, the mesoderm, usually appears, ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"552), describes a thin layer of protoplasm as occurring on the free surface of
the endoderm, and observes that " its occurrence, with its pseudopodial ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1900)
"In budding, the tissues of the parent pass over into the like tissues of the
offspring, ectoderm into ectoderm and endoderm into endoderm. ..."
5. Studies from the Morphological Laboratory in the University of Cambridge by Francis Maitland Balfour, Adam Sedgwick (1889)
"During Stages B and c, the endoderm, though diminishing somewhat in thickness,
retains all the characteristics just described. During Stage B the blastopore ..."
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