Definitions for ectoderm

ectoderm ec·to·derm

Spelling: [ek-tuh-durm]
IPA: /ˈɛk təˌdɜrm/

Ectoderm is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in ectoderm (cdeemort).

Definitions for ectoderm

noun

  1. the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.

Origin of ectoderm

First recorded in 1860-65; ecto- + -derm

Examples for ectoderm

The medusoids have a muscular velum of ectoderm and mesogloea only.

The ectoderm retains its ciliation only in the sensory organs.

It consists of three layers: ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm.

Amongst other structures which arise from the important layer of ectoderm are the teeth.

Ectoblast: the outer wall of a cell; the ectoderm or epiblast.

The external layer, or ectoderm, is made up of cells, and contains also muscular and nervous elements.

Metablastic: relating to the ecto- or meta-blast or ectoderm.

ectoderm, the tissue in an adult derived from the epiblast (which see), 19.

In the course of development, however, cells from the ectoderm and endoderm may migrate into it.

The outer is the ectoderm and the inner is the Endoderm or Hypoblast.

Word Value for ectoderm
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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