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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

plac•ode n. [Embryol.]

Developmental Biologya local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.

Greek plak- (stem of pláx) something flat, tablet + -ode¹
1905–10

'placode' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

auditory vesicle

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