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

But in the monotremes the formation of the cenogenetic entoderm does not precede the invagination; hence in this case the construction of the germinal layers is less modified than in the other amniota.

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

They are developed from the entoderm of the third and fourth branchial grooves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Amoeboid planocytes, which migrate from the entoderm and reach this fluid-filled primary cavity, live and multiply there, and form the first colourless blood-cells.

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

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

This axial rod, which is the first foundation of the later vertebral column in all the vertebrates, and is the only representative of it in the Amphioxus, originates from the entoderm.

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