mesenchyme

mes·en·chyme  (mzn-km, ms-)

n.

The part of the embryonic mesoderm, consisting of loosely packed, unspecialized cells set in a gelatinous ground substance, from which connective tissue, bone, cartilage, and the circulatory and lymphatic systems develop.

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[mes(o)- + -enchyma.]

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mes·enchy·mal, mesen·chyma·tous (-km-ts) adj.

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Noun

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mesenchyme - mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles mesoblast, mesoderm - the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue