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plac⋅ode

  [plak-ohd]
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–noun Embryology.
a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
Origin:
1905–10; < Gk plak- (s. of pláx) something flat, tablet + -ode 1
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Main Entry: plac·ode
Pronunciation: 'pla-"kOd
Function: noun
: a platelike thickening of embryonic ectoderm from which a definitive structure developsplacode> —see LENS PLACODE, OLFACTORY PLACODE
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placode plac·ode (plāk'ōd')
n.
An area of thickening in the embryonic epithelial layer from which some organ or structure later develops.

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