| NOUN | animal | germ layer | (embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation |
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| Meaning | (embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation. | |
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| Category | embryology | The branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms |
| Narrower | ectoderm, exoderm, ectoblast | The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue |
| endoderm, entoderm, endoblast, entoblast, hypoblast | The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | |
| mesoderm, mesoblast | The middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | |
| Broader | embryonic tissue | tissue in an embryo |
| Spanish | capa germinal | |
| Catalan | capa germinativa | |
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