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somitomere

somitomere noun: in the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week.

Noun

somitomere (plural somitomeres)

  1. In the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week.

Forms of somitomere

pluralsomitomeres
alternative formsomatomere

Origin of somitomere

From somite + -o- + -mere.

Questions about somitomere

What does somitomere mean?
Somitomere means in the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week.
What part of speech is somitomere?
Somitomere is a noun.
What is the plural of somitomere?
The plural of somitomere is somitomeres.

Words near somitomere in the dictionary

  1. somites
  2. somitic
  3. somitocoel
  4. somitocoels
  5. somitogenesis
  6. somitomere
  7. somitomeres
  8. somm
  9. somma
  10. sommage
  11. sommas

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