myotome (English, noun)
expansion: myotome (plural myotomes)
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glosses: In vertebrate embryonic development, a group of tissues formed from any particular one of the somites that develop into the body wall muscle. .
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glosses: In neurology, a group of muscles innervated from a particular spinal segment; the division of innervation reflects the embryology of the various somites.
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glosses: A surgical instrument for performing myotomy.
Forms:
form: myotomes
tags: plural