somite (English, noun)
expansion: somite (plural somites)
Senses:
topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.
Forms:
form: somites
tags: plural