somite

See also: Somite

English

Etymology

soma +‎ -ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊmaɪt/

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.
2. (anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.

Derived terms

• somitic
• somitogenesis
• somitomere

Anagrams

• Tomeis, mitose, osmite

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French

Noun

somite m (plural somites)

1. (biology, entomology) somite

Further reading

• “somite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

somite m (plural somiti)

1. (biology, entomology) somite