ectomeninx

noun

ec·​to·​meninx

¦ektō+

plural ectomeninges

: the layer of mesoderm from which the dura mater and much of the membrane bone of the skull develop in the higher vertebrate embryo

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ect- + Greek mēninx membrane

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