Splanchnopleure Definition

splăngknə-plo͝or
noun
A layer of cells in a vertebrate embryo, formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the endoderm and developing into the wall of the viscera.
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Noun

Singular:
splanchnopleure
Plural:
splanchnopleures

Origin of Splanchnopleure

  • New Latin splanchnopleura splanchno- of viscera splanchnology Greek pleura side

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα (splankha, “viscera") + πλευρά (pleura, “a side of something")

    From Wiktionary

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