"somite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsoʊmaɪt/ [US] Forms: somites [plural]
Etymology: soma + -ite Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|soma|ite}} soma + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} somite (plural somites)
  1. (embryology) One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae. Categories (topical): Embryology
    Sense id: en-somite-en-noun-f90dU19Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 66 34 Topics: embryology, medicine, sciences
  2. (anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-somite-en-noun-GmuayWAT Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: somitic, somitogenesis, somitomere

Inflected forms

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