ectoderm

English

Etymology

From ecto- +‎ -derm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ectoderm (plural ectoderms)

1. (biology) The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

Coordinate terms

• endoderm
• mesoderm

Derived terms

• ectodermal
• ectodermic
• ectodermosis
• ectomorph
• ectomorphic
• mesectoderm
• mesoectoderm
• neurectoderm
• neuroectoderm
• trophectoderm

Translations

tissue layer in the embryo

• Catalan: ectoderma (ca) m
• Finnish: ektodermi (fi)
• French: ectoderme (fr) m
• German: Ektoderm (de) n
• Hungarian: ektoderma (hu)
• Italian: ectoderma (it) f
• Polish: ektoderma f, ektoblast m
• Portuguese: ectoderme f
• Romanian: ectoderm (ro) n
• Russian: эктоде́рма (ru) f (ektodérma)
• Spanish: ectodermo (es) m

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French ecto-

French derme

French ectodermebor.

Romanian ectoderm

Borrowed from French ectoderme.

Noun

ectoderm n (plural ectoderme)

1. ectoderm

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ectoderm	ectodermul	ectoderme	ectodermele
genitive-dative	ectoderm	ectodermului	ectoderme	ectodermelor
vocative	ectodermule		ectodermelor