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noun
A membrane of flat epithelial cells that lines the body cavity of embryos and forms the squamous cells of the peritoneum, pericardium, and pleura
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: epithelium, epithelial tissue
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -thelium English mesothelium From meso- + -thelium.
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