so·mat·o·pleure (s -m t  -pl r , sm-t-)n. A complex sheet of embryonic cells in craniate vertebrates, formed by association of part of the mesoderm with the ectoderm and developing as the internal body wall. [New Latin somatopleura : somato- + Greek pleura, side.] so·mat o·pleural (-plrl), so·mato·pleuric (-plr k) adj. |
somatopleure [ˈsəʊmətəˌplʊə -ˌplɜː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a mass of tissue in embryo vertebrates that is formed by fusion of the ectoderm with the outer layer of mesoderm: develops into the amnion, chorion, and part of the body wall
[from New Latin somatopleura, from somato- + Greek pleura a side]
somatopleural , somatopleuric adj
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