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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

somite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsoʊmaɪt/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English soma Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English somite From soma + -ite.

Meanings

  1. One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
  2. A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.
    • pedigerous somite

Forms

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Deriveds

somitogenesis · protosomite · somitic · somital · somitomere · presomite · urosomite

Translations (8)

ru сомит (somite) · pl somit (somite) · pl praczłon (somite) · la somitus (somite) · cs somit (somite) · de Somit (somite) · cs prvodílec (somite) · ar جُسَيْدَة (somite)