Associations to the word «Ectoderm»

Wiktionary

ECTODERM, noun. (biology) outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult

Dictionary definition

ECTODERM, noun. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.