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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the middle, germinal layer of undifferentiated cells of an early embryo; it becomes the mesoderm
2. 2
   the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

mesodermmesoderm

Etymology

From meso- + -blast.

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