ENTODERM

endoderm, entoderm, endoblast, entoblast, hypoblast

(noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

entoderm (plural entoderms)

(biology) Alternative form of endoderm

Anagrams

• dementor, mentored, mordente

Source: Wiktionary


En"to*derm, n. Etym: [Ento- + Gr. (Biol.)

Definition: See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 May 2024

INDEXATION

(noun) a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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