mesenchyme

See also: mésenchyme

English

Etymology

Late 19th c.: from meso- (“cellular tissue”) +‎ -enchyme (from parenchyma).

Pronunciation

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Noun

mesenchyme (countable and uncountable, plural mesenchymes)

1. (anatomy) That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc

Related terms

• chymoplasm
• mesenchymal (adj)
• mesengenesis
• sarcenchyme

 

Translations

Translations

• French: mésenchyme (fr) m
• Hebrew: רִקְמַת חִבּוּר עֻבָּרִית f
• Kazakh: мезенхима (mezenxima)