n :  the innermost of the germ layers of an embryo that is the source of the epithelium of the digestive tract and its derivatives : also  :  a tissue that is derived from this germ layer en*do*der*mal adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  en·to·derm 
 
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