ectoderm

The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

Noun

  1. The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

Origin

From ecto- + -derm.

Forms

ectoderms

Derived

ectodermal ectodermic ectodermosis ectomorph ectomorphic mesectoderm mesoectoderm neurectoderm neuroectoderm trophectoderm