ectental

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English

Etymology

From ecto- +‎ endo- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ectental (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm.
    the ectental line, or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum
    • 1897, Charles Sedgwick Minot, Human Embryology:
      It is essential to notice that the blastodermic rim (ectental line) divides into two portions

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ectental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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