somite
US/ˈsoʊmaɪt/
somite noun: one of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
Noun
somite (plural somites)
- One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
- A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.
- pedigerous somite
somite meaning in Tamil and Arabic
somite in Tamil
- உறக்க நடை, துகில்நடை, தூக்கநடை, உடற்றுண்டம்
somite in Arabic
- somite
- جُسَيْدَة jusayda
Forms of somite
| plural | somites |
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Origin of somite
From soma + -ite.
Words formed from somite
Questions about somite
- What does somite mean?
- Somite means one of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
- What is somite in Tamil?
- Somite in Tamil is உறக்க நடை, துகில்நடை, தூக்கநடை. See Somite meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is somite?
- Somite is a noun.
- How do you pronounce somite?
- Somite is pronounced /ˈsoʊmaɪt/ (US).
- What is the plural of somite?
- The plural of somite is somites.
Words near somite in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: somite (page history and authors); somite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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