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splanchnopleural

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splanch⋅no⋅pleure

  [splangk-nuh-ploor]
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–noun Embryology.
the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
Compare somatopleure.

Origin:
1870–75; < NL splanchnopleura. See splanchno-, pleura

Related forms:
splanch⋅no⋅pleu⋅ral, splanch⋅no⋅pleu⋅ric, adjective
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Main Entry: splanch·no·pleure
Pronunciation: 'spla[ng]k-n&-"plu(&)r
Function: noun
: a layer of tissue that consists of the inner ofthe two layers into which the unsegmented sheet of mesoderm splits in the embryo of a craniate vertebrate together with the endoderm internal to it and that forms most of the walls and substance of thevisceral organs —compare SOMATOPLEURE —splanch·no·pleu·ric /"spla[ng]k-n&-'plur-ik/ adjective
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splanchnopleure splanch·no·pleure (splāngk'nə-pl&oobreve;r')
n.
A layer of embryonic cells formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the endoderm and developing into the wall of the viscera.

splanch'no·pleur'ic adj.

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