somatopleure

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek body + side.

Noun

somatopleure (plural somatopleures)

  1. (embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.

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French

Noun

somatopleure m (plural somatopleures)

  1. somatopleure
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