- myotome
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1894 the portion of an embryonic somite from which skeletal musculature is produced
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Myotome — Scheme showing the manner in which each vertebral centrum is developed from portions of two adjacent segments. (Myotome labeled in upper right.) … Wikipedia
Myotome — My o*tome, n. [See {Myotomy}.] (Anat.) (a) A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma. (b) One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebr[ae]; also … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
myotome — [mī′ō tōm΄] n. 〚 MYO + TOME〛 1. the body wall musculature in a single segment of primitive chordates and segmented invertebrates 2. one of the paired mesodermal masses in a vertebrate embryo from which the musculature develops * * * my·o·tome… … Universalium
Myotome — [griechisch tome̅ »das Schneiden«, »Schnitt«], Singular Myotom das, s, im Verlauf der Keimesentwicklung aus den dorsalen Anteilen der Ursegmente (Somiten) zu beiden Seiten der Chorda dorsalis entstehende segmentale Mesodermbildungen, aus denen… … Universal-Lexikon
myotome — [mī′ō tōm΄] n. [ MYO + TOME] 1. the body wall musculature in a single segment of primitive chordates and segmented invertebrates 2. one of the paired mesodermal masses in a vertebrate embryo from which the musculature develops … English World dictionary
myotome — myomère [mjɔmɛʀ] n. m. ou myotome [mjɔtom] n. m. ÉTYM. Déb. XXe, myomère, Nouveau Larousse illustré; myotome, 1904, in Rev. gén. des sc., no 16, p. 795 (antérieur au sens d « instrument tranchant », 1855, Nysten Littré); de myo , et mère, tome. ❖ … Encyclopédie Universelle
myotome — (mi o to m ) s. m. Terme de chirurgie. Myotome sous conjonctival, couteau destiné à inciser un muscle sous la conjonctive. ÉTYMOLOGIE Myo..., et verbe grec signifiant couper … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
myotome — one of the embryonic or adult lateral muscle segments of the body … Dictionary of ichthyology
myotome — n. [Gr. mys, muscle; tome, to cut] A muscle segment, somite or myomere … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
myotome — noun In vertebrate embryonic development, a group of tissues formed from somites that develop into the body wall muscle … Wiktionary
