ectoderm

Questions about ectoderm

What does ectoderm mean?

ectoderm means "the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue".

How many syllables are in ectoderm?

ectoderm has 3 syllables and divides as ec-to-derm under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ectoderm?

Close synonyms include exoderm, ectoblast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ectoderm a common word?

ectoderm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.