mesoderm

English

Etymology

From meso- +‎ -derm.

Noun

mesoderm (plural mesoderms)

  1. (embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.

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