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splanchnopleure
[ splangk-nuh-ploor ]
noun
Embryology.
- the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- Գn·۲ Գn·۾ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of splanchnopleure1
From the New Latin word splanchnopleura, dating back to 1870–75. See splanchno-, pleura
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Embryology.—As the mesoderm is gradually spreading over the embryo it splits into two layers, the outer of which is known as the somatopleure and lines the parietal or ectodermal wall, while the inner lines the entoderm and is called the splanchnopleure; between the two is the coelom.
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