epithelial germ

noun

A cluster of ectodermal cells that later form hair, sebaceous glands, and apocrine glands.

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Meanings

nounepithelial germ (plural epithelial germs)

plural epithelial germs

  1. anatomyA cluster of ectodermal cells that later form hair, sebaceous glands, and apocrine glands.
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