somitomere

English

Alternative forms

  • somatomere

Etymology

From somite +‎ -o- +‎ -mere.

Noun

somitomere (plural somitomeres)

  1. In the developing vertebrate embryo, one of the loose masses of paraxial mesoderm derived cells that form along each side of the neural tube towards the end of the third gestational week.
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