somite
nounUS /ˈsoʊmaɪt/
Etymology From soma + -ite.
1
Embryology, Medicine, Sciences One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
2
Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.
- pedigerous somite
- Derived terms
- presomite, protosomite, somital, somitic, somitogenesis, somitomere, urosomite