Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Endoderm"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Endoderm \En"do*derm\, n. [Endo- + Gr. ? skin.] (Biol.)
(a) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.
(b) The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures
derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See
Illust. of {Ectoderm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypoblast \Hy"po*blast\, n. [Pref. hypo- + -blast.] (Biol.)
The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also
{endoderm}, {entoderm}, and sometimes {hypoderm}. See Illust.
of {Blastoderm}, {Delamination}, and {Ectoderm}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
endoderm
n : the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the
digestive and respiratory systems [syn: {entoderm}, {endoblast},
{entoblast}, {hypoblast}]
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