epimere

See also: épimère

English

Etymology

epi- +‎ -mere

Noun

epimere (plural epimeres)

1. (biology) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so-called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, as in a segmented leaf.
   • 1978, Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Biologica:

     Four pairs of the leg epimeres are distinctly divided by a sejugal interval into two groups.

   • 1922, Libbie Hyman, Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy:

     The mesoderm next becomes differentiated into three regions: a dorsal region, called the epimere, which lies to each side of the neural tube; a middle region called the mesomere or nephrotome, situated lateral and ventral to the epimere

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “epimere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• preemie