mesenchyme
See also: mésenchyme
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editEtymology
editLate 19th c.: from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + -enchyme (“cellular tissue”) (< ἔγχυμα (énkhuma, “instillation”)).
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editmesenchyme (countable and uncountable, plural mesenchymes)
- (anatomy) That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc
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