Associations to the word «Somite»

Wiktionary

SOMITE, noun. (embryology) One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
SOMITE, noun. (anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.

Dictionary definition

SOMITE, noun. One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad