ectoderm

ectoderm

English

Etymology

ecto- +‎ -derm

Noun

ectoderm (plural ectoderms)

1. (biology) Outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

Translations

tissue layer in the embryo

Finnish: ektodermi (fi) French: ectoderme (fr) m Hungarian: ektoderma Italian: ectoderma (it) f

Portuguese: ectoderme f Russian: эктоде́рма (ru) f (ektodérma) Spanish: ectodermo m

See also

• endoderm
• mesoderm