Somatopleure

noun

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Definitions

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

Etymology

From somato- + Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “side”).

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