somatopleure
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From somato- + Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “side”).
Noun
[edit]somatopleure (plural somatopleures)
- (embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “somatopleure” in Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary. (2012).
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]somatopleure m (plural somatopleures)
Further reading
[edit]- “somatopleure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.