mesohyl
English edit
Etymology edit
From meso- (“middle”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber, matter”) (whence English hyle).[1]
Noun edit
mesohyl (plural mesohyls)
- The gelatinous matrix within a sponge, filling the space between the external pinacoderm and the internal choanoderm.[2]
Usage notes edit
Often an adjunct, as in “mesohyl cells.”[1]