placode
(pla′kōd″)
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[Gr. plax, stem plak-, plate + -ode]
In embryology, a platelike thickening of epithelium, usually the ectoderm, that serves as the precursor of an organ or structure.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Placode." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732319/all/placode.
Placode. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732319/all/placode. Accessed December 5, 2024.
Placode. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732319/all/placode
Placode [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732319/all/placode.
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