外胚層

简 外胚层 · 繁 外胚層
Mandarin · pinyin wài pēi céng

Meanings

  1. ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
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外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
胚
pēi · embryo; unfinished things
層
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层
céng · story, layer, floor, stratum
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4–1–2 · wai4 pei1 ceng2

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ngoi6 pui1 cang4

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noun

  1. (embryology) ectoderm

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