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placode

[plak´ōd]

a platelike structure, especially a thickening of the ectoderm marking the site of future development in the early embryo of an organ of special sense, e.g., the auditory placode (ear), lens placode (eye), and olfactory placode (nose).

plac·ode

(plak'ōd),

Local thickening in the embryonic ectodermal layer; the cells of the placode ordinarily constitute a primordial group from which a sense organ or ganglion develops.

[G. plakōdēs, fr. plax, anything flat or broad, + eidos, like]

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plac·ode

(plak'ōd)

Local thickening in the embryonic ectodermal layer; the cells of the placode ordinarily constitute a primordial group from which a sense organ or ganglion develops.

[G. plakōdēs, fr. plax, anything flat or broad, + eidos, like]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

placode

a plate-like embryonic structure from which a particular organ, such as the eye, develops.

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Study on the morphology and frequency of the vomeronasal organ in humans/ Estudio sobre la morfologia y la frecuencia del organo vomeronasal en los seres humanos