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mesothelium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mesothelium  \Mes`o*the"li*um\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  me`sos  middle  + 
  E.  epithelium.]  (Biol.) 
  Epithelial  mesoderm;  a  layer  of  cuboidal  epithelium  cells, 
  formed  from  a  portion  of  the  mesoderm  during  the 
  differetiation  of  the  germ  layers.  It  constitutes  the 
  boundary  of  the  c[oe]lum. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mesothelium 
  n  :  epithelium  originating  in  the  embryonic  mesoderm;  lines  the 
  primordial  body  cavity 




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