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plakode

plakode is the obsolete spelling of placode.

Meaning of placode

Noun

placode (plural placodes)

  1. (comparative) A platelike thickening of the epithelial layer of an embryo from which an organ, especially a sense organ, develops.
    • The placodes are localized thickenings of the cephalic surface ectoderm. Each placode is formed from a group of cells which gives rise to a specific organ with a given specialized function.1974, Herbert Tuchmann-Duplessis, G. David, P. Haegel, Illustrated Human Embryology, Volumes 1-3, Springer, page 94

Forms of plakode

pluralplakodes

Questions about plakode

What is plakode the obsolete spelling of?
Plakode is the obsolete spelling of placode.

Words near plakode in the dictionary

  1. plakinid
  2. plakinids
  3. plakins
  4. plakkie
  5. plakkies
  6. plakode
  7. plakodes
  8. plakoglobin
  9. plakoglobins
  10. plakohypaphorine
  11. plakohypaphorines

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