Somite Definition

sōmīt
noun

Metamere.

Webster's New World
Any of the homologous segments that compose the body of certain animals, such as earthworms and lobsters, and are arranged in a longitudinal series.
American Heritage Medicine
A blocklike segment of mesodermal tissue in the vertebrate embryo, giving rise to muscle, bone, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Somite

Noun

Singular:
somite
Plural:
somites

Origin of Somite

  • Greek sōma body soma1 –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • soma +‎ -ite

    From Wiktionary

Somite Sentence Examples

  • In each somite of the mesosoma is a small, free entosternite having a similar position, but below or ventral to the nerve cords, and having a smaller number of muscles attached to it.

  • The simple identification of somite with somite in Limulus and Scorpio seemed to be threatened by this discovery.

  • In the case of Scorpio this segment is indicated in the embryo by the presence of a pair of rudimentary appendages, carried by a well-marked somite.

  • As in Limulus, so in Scorpio, this unexpected somite and its appendages disappear in the course of development.

  • In fact, more or less complete " excalation " of the somite takes place.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOM

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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