SOMITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somite mean? 

• SOMITE (noun)
  The noun SOMITE has 1 sense:

1. one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally

  Familiarity information: SOMITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOMITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

metamere; somite

Hypernyms ("somite" is a kind of...):

segment (one of the parts into which something naturally divides)

 Context examples 

Interdependent positional signaling by the apical ectodermal ridge, the posterior mesenchyme zone of polarizing activity, and the non ridge ectoderm coordinate limb bud outgrowth and patterning, Limb Development, by migrated lateral plate mesoderm and somite cells.

(Limb Development, NCI Thesaurus)