Endoderm \En"do*derm\, n. [Endo- + Gr. ? skin.] (Biol.) (a) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal. (b) The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of {Ectoderm}.
endoderm n : the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems [syn: {entoderm}, {endoblast}, {entoblast}, {hypoblast}]