germinal membrane
noun
1= blastoderm (now rare ).
2The thin inner layer (endocyst) of the wall of a hydatid cyst, from which its brood capsules and protoscoleces are derived.
Origin
Mid 19th century. Compare German Keimhaut and scientific Latin membrana germinativa (both 1828 or earlier).
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