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so⋅mite

  [soh-mahyt]
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–noun
1. any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
2. Embryology. one member of a series of paired segments into which the thickened dorsal zone of mesoderm is divided.
Origin:
1865–70; som(a) 1 + -ite 1

Related forms:
so⋅mi⋅tal  [soh-mi-tl] , so⋅mit⋅ic  [soh-mit-ik] , adjective
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met·a·mere   (mět'ə-mîr')   
n.  Any of the homologous segments, lying in a longitudinal series, that compose the body of certain animals, such as earthworms and lobsters. Also called somite.
met'a·mer'ic (-měr'ĭk, -mîr'-) adj., met'a·mer'i·cal·ly adv.
so·mite   (sō'mīt')   
n.  

  1. See metamere.

  2. A segmental mass of mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo, occurring in pairs along the notochord and developing into muscles and vertebrae.


[Greek sōma, body; see soma1 + -ite1.]
so·mit'ic (sō-mĭt'ĭk) adj.
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Main Entry: so·mite
Pronunciation: 'sO-"mIt
Function: noun
: one of the longitudinal series of segments into which the body of many animals (asarticulate animals and vertebrates) is divided : METAMERE —so·mit·ic /sO-'mit-ik/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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somite so·mite (sō'mīt')
n.

  1. A segmental mass of mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo, occurring in pairs along the notochord and developing into muscles and vertebrae.

  2. See metamere.

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