entoderm

American  

[en-tuh-durm] / ˈɛn təˌdɜrm /

noun

Embryology.

1. endoderm.

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entoderm British  

/ ˈɛntəʊˌdɜːm /

noun

1. embryol another name for endoderm

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Other Word Forms

• entodermal adjective
• entodermic adjective

Etymology

Origin of entoderm

First recorded in 1875–80; ento- + -derm

Example Sentences

These important processes of differentiation in the mesoderm, which we will consider more closely in the next chapter, proceed step by step with interesting changes in the ectoderm, while the entoderm changes little at first.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

Afterwards there are slight histological differentiations in its ectoderm, though the entoderm remains a single stratum of cells.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

The entoderm, which has the appearance of being thickened because of the fact that the notochord has not yet completely separated from it, is continuous, through the blastopore, with the ectoderm.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

Outer layer is the ectoderm; inner layer, the entoderm; internal cavity, the archenteron; mouth of cavity, blastopore.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

The foregut is here more inclosed, and the notochord, nt, having separated from the entoderm, en, is seen as a distinct layer of cells extending from the foregut to the blastopore.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.