Mesothelium
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A membrane of flat epithelial cells that lines the body cavity of embryos and forms the squamous cells of the peritoneum, pericardium, and pleura
- 2 epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity wordnet
Example
More examples"The mesenchymal tissue between the mesothelium and the ectoderm forms the mass of the skeletal, muscular and vascular systems."
Etymology
From meso- + -thelium.