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Ectoderm(medicine)
ectoderm(dictionary)
Ectoderm(health)
amniotic ectoderm(medicine)
epithelial ectoderm(medicine)
chorionic ectoderm(medicine)
blastodermic ectoderm(medicine)
extraembryonic ectoderm(medicine)
superficial ectoderm(medicine)

hiatus maxillaris (medicine) and ectoderm (iou)


hiatus maxillaris (medicine)


hiatus maxillaris -->
maxillary hiatus


The large opening into the maxillary sinus on the nasal surface of the maxilla.

Synonym: hiatus maxillaris.


ectoderm (iou)



ectoderm noun. M19.
[from ECTO- + Greek derma skin.]
Biology. The outer germ layer of the embryo in early development, giving rise to epidermis and neural tissue; cells or tissue derived from this; such cells as forming the outer layer of the body of a coelenterate etc.
ectodermal adjective of, pertaining to, or derived from the ectoderm L19.