antimere /an·ti·mere/ (an´tĭ-mēr) one of the opposite corresponding parts of an organism that are symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis of its body.
antimere [an´tĭ-mēr]
an·ti·mere ( n t -mîr )n. 1. A segment of an animal body formed by planes cutting the axis of the body at right angles. 2. One of the corresponding parts of a bilaterally symmetrical organism. 3. The right or left half of the body. an ti·meric (-m rk) adj. |
antimere [an´tĭ-mēr]
one of the segments of the body bounded by planes at right angles to the long axis of the body. See plane (def. 2).
antimere
one of the halves of a bilaterally symmetrical part or organism.
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