mesodermaladj.
/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈdəːml/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈdərm(ə)l/; see also meso- comb. form. Embryology.
Of, relating to, derived from, or designating the mesoderm.
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blastodermic1835
blastodermatic1849
mesoblastic1874
mesodermic1875
hypoblastic1877
mesodermal1877
involunto-motory1878
homodermic1883
mesothelial1886
epiblastic1887
triploblastic1888
tetrablastic1891
triblastic1901
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 143 The mesodermal layer.
1884 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 24 107 Mesodermal Plasmodia, are..found even in the higher animals, not excepting Man himself.
1940 Q. Rev. Biol. 15 11/2 The blastema from which all the hindmost structures are formed is predominantly mesodermal in origin.
1968 Brain 91 660 Mesodermal somites are primitive segments which lie along the spinal cord in pairs.
1990 Sci. Amer. July 26/2 The entire mesodermal layer eventually moves into the interior of the embryo during a process called gastrulation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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