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from The Century Dictionary.
- In embryology, of or pertaining to the outer and the inner layer of a gastrula: specifically said of the line of primitive juncture of the ectoderm and endoderm circumscribing the mouth of a gastrula. Also
ecto-ental .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm.
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- adjective biology Relating to, or connected with, the two
primitive germ layers , theectoderm andendoderm .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ecto- + endo- + -al
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