ECTODERMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ectodermal mean? 

• ECTODERMAL (adjective)
  The adjective ECTODERMAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the ectoderm

  Familiarity information: ECTODERMAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECTODERMAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the ectoderm

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

ectodermal; ectodermic

Pertainym:

ectoderm (the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue)

Derivation:

ectoderm (the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue)

 Context examples 

Vertebrate, epidermal cell of ectodermal origin.

(Keratinocyte, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A thickened surface layer of ectodermal cells found at the end of each limb bud in the developing embryo.

(Apical Ectodermal Ridge, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuroglial CNS cells of ectodermal origin characterized by fibrous, protoplasmic, or plasmatofibrous processes.

(Murine Astrocytes, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Human Nervous System Development begins by differentiation of gastrula ectodermal cells into the neural plate, induced by signals from the mesoderm.

(Nervous System Development, NCI Thesaurus)

Gremlin relays an SHH signal from the polarizing region to the apical ectodermal ridge.

(Oncogene HST, NCI Thesaurus)

The type 4 form of EWS/FLI-1, an oncogenic fusion gene found in Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor (PNET).

(EWS/FLI 1 Type 4, NCI Thesaurus)

An antisense oligonucleotide that targets the type 8 form of EWS/FLI-1, an oncogenic fusion gene found in Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor that results from a t(11;22) chromosomal translocation.

(EWS/FLI 1 Type 8, NCI Thesaurus)

The more common ectodermal components present in a mature teratoma include skin, brain and choroid plexus.

(Central Nervous System Mature Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

A hereditary disease characterized by multiple ectodermal, mesodermal, and endodermal nevoid and neoplastic anomalies.

(Cowden syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Neuroglial cells of ectodermal origin whose processes form the myelin sheath around neuronal axons of the CNS.

(Murine Oligodendroglia, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)