Etymology

somatopleure

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Today it means: A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πλευρά
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλευρά“side”
  2. English todaysomatopleure

From somato- + Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “side”).

Words from the same roots

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