'Ectoderm' definitions:

Definition of 'ectoderm'

(from WordNet)
noun
The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue [syn: ectoderm, exoderm, ectoblast]

Definition of 'Ectoderm'

From: GCIDE
  • Ectoderm \Ec"to*derm\, n. [Ecto- + -derm.] (Biol.) (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. (b) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm. Ectodermal

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