- somite
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek sōma body Date: 1869 one of the longitudinal series of segments into which the body of many animals is divided ; metamere
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Somite — Transverse section of half of a chick embryo of forty five hours incubation. The dorsal (back) surface of the embryo is towards the top of this page, while the ventral (front) surface is towards the bottom … Wikipedia
somite — [ sɔmit ] n. m. • 1893; en angl. (1869); du gr. sôma « corps » ♦ Embryol. Chacune des petites masses de tissu conjonctif résultant de la segmentation du mésoblaste situé de part et d autre du tube neural (⇒ métamère, métamérie), et dont… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Somite — So mite (s[=o] m[imac]t), n. [Gr. sw^ma body.] (Anat. & Zo[ o]l.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed; somatome; metamere. {So*mit ic}, a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
somite — somite. См. сомит. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Somite — Somite, Ursegmente, in der Embryonalentwicklung der Chordatiere durch Gliederung des dorsalen Mesoderms entstehende, hintereinander liegende Segmente, aus denen sich im Verlauf der ⇒ Organbildung Anteile der Haut, die Skelettmuskulatur und die… … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
somite — [sō′mīt΄] n. [< SOMA1 + ITE1] 1. METAMERE 2. a blocklike segment of mesodermal tissue in the vertebrate embryo, giving rise to muscle, bone, etc. somitic [sōmit′ik] adj. somital [sō′mit l] … English World dictionary
somite — A body segment, especially of the abdomen [Chace and Hobbs, 1969]. Body segment, as in abdominal somites 1 6 [Poore, 2004]. Body segment, especially of the abdomen [Butler, T.H.]. Division of body (head, thorax, abdomen) with exoskeleton… … Crustacea glossary
somite — a body segment. In the embryo an undifferentiated mesodermal component of an early trunk or tail segment or metamere, derived from paraxial mesoderm. The somite forms the myotome, sclerotome and perhaps dermatome … Dictionary of ichthyology
somite — somital /soh mi tl/, somitic /soh mit ik/, adj. /soh muyt/, n. 1. any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere. 2. Embryol. one member of a series of paired segments into which… … Universalium
Somite — D origine mésodermique, les somites sont des structures embryonnaires des Myomérozoaires, situées de part et d autre du tube neural et de la chorde et composées d unités répétées le long de l axe antéro postérieur de l embryon. Le mésoderme para… … Wikipédia en Français
