somite
English
/ˈsoʊmaɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (embryology) One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
- (anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.
Etymology
Suffix from English soma (body, one having such a body).
Origin
English
soma
Gloss
body, one having such a body
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
身, 体
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- idiosoma English
- intersomitic English
- intrasomitic English
- mesosoma English
- metasoma English
- opisthosoma English
- presomitic English
- prosoma English
- protosomite English
- pyrosomal disease English
- soma English
- somal English
- somatology English
- somital English
- somitic English
- somitogenesis English
- somitomere English
- *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European