THESAURUS

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(biology, anatomy, comparative anatomy) A platelike thickening of the epithelial layer of an embryo from which an organ, especially a sense organ, develops.

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Related dictionary entries include otic, epibranchial, floorplate, plasm, pseudoplacenta, placula.

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