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epimere en · NOUN

Etymology

From epi- + -mere.

Meanings

1. One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so-called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates
   • The mesoderm next becomes differentiated into three regions: a dorsal region, called the epimere, which lies to each side of the neural tube; a middle region called the mesomere or nephrotome, situated lateral and ventral to the epimere 1922, Libbie Hyman, Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy:
   • Four pairs of the leg epimeres are distinctly divided by a sejugal interval into two groups. 1978, Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Biologica:
2. one of the similar segments in plants, as in a segmented leaf.

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