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neuromer

neuromer is the alternative form of neuromere.

Meaning of neuromere

Noun

neuromere (plural neuromeres)

  1. A morphologically or molecularly defined transient segment of the early developing brain.
    • Certain genes or combinations of genes express products only in a particular zone. The anatomic extent of these protein products constitutes the domain of the neuromere.2004, Carstens M. H., “Neural tube programming and craniofacial cleft formation. I. The neuromeric organization of the head and neck”, in European journal of paediatric neurology, →DOI

Forms of neuromer

pluralneuromers

Questions about neuromer

What is neuromer the alternative form of?
Neuromer is the alternative form of neuromere.

Words near neuromer in the dictionary

  1. neuromelanins
  2. neuromembrane
  3. neuromembranes
  4. neuromeningeal
  5. neuromental
  6. neuromer
  7. neuromere
  8. neuromeres
  9. neuromeric
  10. neuromers
  11. neuromesenchimal

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