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mesenchyme
1. Embryonic cell mass including the cells within the embryo (pre-fetal development) that develop into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, blood, and the lymphatic system.
2. The part of the embryonic mesoderm, consisting of loosely packed, unspecialized cells set in a gelatinous ground substance, from which connective tissue, bone, cartilage, and the circulatory and lymphatic systems develop.
3. Etylmology: from Greek meso-, "middle, between" + Greek enchyma, "infusion"; from en-, "in, into" + Greek chymos, "juice"; from cheein, "to pour, to spill".

The term mesenchyme was introduced into embryology by the German embryologists Oskar Hertwig (1849-1922) and his brother Richard (1850-1937) in 1881.

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