| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ECTOMERE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Ectomere \Ec"to*mere\, noun. [Ecto- -mere.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ECTOMERE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Geology | A blastomere (one of the cells formed during the first few divisions of the zygote) which takes part in forming the ectoderm (the outermost tissue layer of an embryo). (references) | ||
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