mesohyl

English

Etymology

From meso- (“middle”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber, matter”) (whence English hyle).[1]

Noun

mesohyl (plural mesohyls)

  1. The gelatinous matrix within a sponge, filling the space between the external pinacoderm and the internal choanoderm.[2]

Usage notes

Often an adjunct, as in “mesohyl cells.”[1]

Derived terms

References
  1. “mesophyl, n.”, in OED Online‎, Oxford University Press, 2006 March
  2. Urry, Cain, Wasserman, Minorsky, Reece (2016) “33. An Introduction to Invertebrates”, in Campbell Biology, Pearson
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