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mesoderm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
meso-derm
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.

Etymology

From meso- + -derm.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mesoderms (plural)

Derived Forms

endomesoderm mesendoderm mesodermal mesodermic mesodermless mesomorph

Frequently Paired Words

ectoderm endoderm

Synonyms

mesoblast

Questions

What does mesoderm mean?
One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.
Where does mesoderm come from?
From meso- + -derm.

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