metamere

metamere

 [met´ah-mēr]

one of a series of homologous segments of the body of an animal.

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met·a·mere

(met'ă-mēr),

One of a series of homologous segments in the body.
See also: somite.

[meta- + G. meros, part]

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metamere

(mĕt′ə-mîr′)

n.

Any of the homologous segments that compose the bodies of certain animals; a somite.

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met′a·mer′ic (-mĕr′ĭk, -mîr′-) adj.

met′a·mer′i·cal·ly adv.

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met·a·mere

(met'ă-mēr)

One of a series of homologous segments in the body.
See also: somite

[meta- + G. meros, part]

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somite

or

metamere

a serial segment of the animal body. see METAMERIC SEGMENTATION.

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