Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An erroneous form of
ecderon. Mivart .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.
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- noun anatomy The
external layer of theskin andmucous membranes ;epithelium ;ecderon .
Etymologies
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See ect-.
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Examples
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The skin of Vertebrate animals consists of two Layers: an outer layer (the epidermis or ecteron), and an inner layer (the dermis or enderon).
The Common Frog 1874
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