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Webster 1913 Edition
Mesoderm
Mes′o-derm
,Noun.
[
Meso-
+ Gr. δέρμα
skin.] (Biol.)
(a)
The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of
Blastoderm
and Ectoderm
. (b)
The middle body layer in some invertebrates.
(c)
The middle layer of tissue in some vegetable structures.
Definition 2024
mesoderm
mesoderm
English
Noun
mesoderm (plural mesoderms)
- (embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development, it will produce many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and circulatory system.