ectoderm

English

Etymology

ecto- +‎ -derm

Noun

ectoderm (plural ectoderms)

1. (biology) Outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

Coordinate terms

• endoderm
• mesoderm

Derived terms

• ectodermal

Translations

tissue layer in the embryo

• Catalan: ectoderma (ca) m
• Finnish: ektodermi (fi)
• French: ectoderme (fr) m
• German: Ektoderm (de) n
• Hungarian: ektoderma (hu)
• Italian: ectoderma (it) f
• Portuguese: ectoderme f
• Romanian: ectoderm (ro) n
• Russian: эктоде́рма (ru) f (ektodérma)
• Spanish: ectodermo m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ectoderme.

Noun

ectoderm n (plural ectoderme)

1. ectoderm

Declension

Declension of ectoderm

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ectoderm	ectodermul	(niște) ectoderme	ectodermele
genitive/dative	(unui) ectoderm	ectodermului	(unor) ectoderme	ectodermelor
vocative	ectodermule		ectodermelor