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somitomeres

somitomeres is the plural of somitomere.

Meaning of somitomere

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.

Questions about somitomeres

What is somitomeres the plural of?
Somitomeres is the plural of somitomere.

Words near somitomeres in the dictionary

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

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