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somitomere

noun

Etymology

From somite + -o- + -mere.

  1. derived from σῶμα
  2. suffixed as somite — “soma + ite”
  3. formed as somitomere — “somite + -o- + -mere”

Definitions

  1. In the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived…

    In the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for somitomere. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA