mesoderm

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɛsəʊˌdɜːm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mez′ə dûrm′, mes′-, mē′zə-, -sə-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mes•o•derm  (mez′ə dûrm′, mes′-, mē′zə-, -sə-),USA pronunciation n. [Embryol.]
  1. Developmental Biologythe middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.
  • meso- + -derm 1870–75
mes′o•der′mal, mes′o•der′mic, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mesoderm / ˈmɛsəʊˌdɜːm/
  1. the middle germ layer of an animal embryo, giving rise to muscle, blood, bone, connective tissue, etc
    See also ectoderm, endoderm
ˌmesoˈdermal, ˌmesoˈdermic
'mesoderm' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
chordamesoderm - coelom - connective tissue - derm - deuterostome - ectoderm - endoderm - epiblast - gastrula - germ layer - hypoblast - mesoblast - mesocardium - mesomere - mesomorphic - myoblast - protostome - somatopleure - somite - splanchnopleure

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