Ectoderm

Definition: Ectoderm

Ectoderm

Noun

1. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.

Note: Ectoderm \Ec"to*derm\, noun. [Ecto- -derm.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Health	The outer of the three germ layers of the embryo. (references)
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The ectoderm is one of the three germ layers of the developing embryo, the other two being the mesoderm and the endoderm. The ectoderm gives rise to various tissues including the skin and nervous system.

Synonyms: Ectoderm

Synonyms: ectoblast (n), exoderm (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Ectoderm

English words defined with "ectoderm": -derm ♦ Ectental, ectodermal, ectodermic, Epiblast ♦ gastrula ♦ Mesogl/a ♦ Neurenteric ♦ Protovertebra. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ectoderm": Ectodermal Dysplasia ♦ Neural Crest, Neuroectodermal Tumors. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Sulfated Glycoconjugates in Amelogenesis: Comparative Histochemistry and Evolution of Ectoderm - Derived Hard Tissues (reference) (more book examples)
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"Ectoderm" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ectoderm" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	10	111,207

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "ectoderm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		ektoderm, ektoblast. (various references)

French		ectoderme. (various references)

German		Epiblast, Ektoderm, Ektoblast, Ectoderma, Ectoderm, äußeres Keimblatt. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		外胚葉 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		がいはいよう. (various references)

Pig Latin		ectodermay.(various references)

Spanish		ectodermo. (various references)

Turkish		ektoderm (investment), dışderi (ectoblast, exoderm, investment). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ectoderm": ectodermal, ectoderms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ectoderm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: actoderm, ektoderm. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "ectoderm" (pronounced 'Ec"to*derm'): Arthroderm, Blastoderm, Echinoderm, Epiderm, Malacoderm, Megaderm, mesoderm, pachyderm, Periderm, Phelloderm, Placoderm, Scleroderm, Spermoderm, Stenoderm, Syphiloderm. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-m-o-r-t"
	-2 letters: cermet, demote, emerod, emoted, emoter, meteor, metred, recode, remote, teredo, termed.
	-3 letters: ceder, cered, coder, comer, comet, comte, cored, coted, credo, creed, creme, decor, deter, doter, emote, erect, erode, merde, meted, meter, metre, metro, recto, remet, retem, terce, treed, trode.
	-4 letters: cede, cere, cero, cete, code, coed, come, cord, core, corm, cote, deco, deem, deer, deet, deme, demo, dere, derm, doer, dome, dore, dorm, dote, dree, meed, meet, mere, mete, mode, more, mort, mote, omer, rede, redo, reed, rete, rode, rote, teed, teem, term, toed, tome, torc, tore, tree, trod.
	-5 letters: cee, cod, cor, cot, dee, doc, doe, dom, dor, dot, eme, ere, med, met, moc, mod, mor, mot, ode, orc, ore, ort, rec, red, ree, rem, ret, roc, rod, roe, rom, rot, ted, tee, tod, toe, tom, tor.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-m-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: ectoderms.
	+2 letters: documenter, ectodermal, entodermic, recomputed.
	+3 letters: deforcement, democratize, divorcement, documenters, endothermic, eudiometric, overmatched, precomputed, recommitted.
	+4 letters: commemorated, commiserated, computerised, computerized, countermined, countermoved, deforcements, democratized, democratizer, democratizes, divorcements, hemichordate, mediocrities, overdocument, overmedicate.
	+5 letters: adrenalectomy, compartmented, conglomerated, contemporized, counterdemand, countermanded, countermelody, democratizers, densitometric, documentaries, electrodermal, electroformed, hemichordates, intercompared, microinjected, overcommitted, overdocuments, overmedicated, overmedicates, sclerodermata, tragicomedies.
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