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Definition of Epimere
1. n. 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, such as the segments of a segmented leaf.
Definition of Epimere
1. Noun. (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. ¹
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Definition of Epimere
1. a part of an embryo [n -S]
Medical Definition of Epimere
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epimere
Literary usage of Epimere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by John Sterling Kingsley (1917)
"the trunk, but only the epimere is well developed in the anterior part of the head.
A series of vertical constrictions, beginning on the dorsal margin of ..."
2. The History of the human body by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1909)
"The epimere, the inner wall of which becomes greatly thickened, ... The cavity
of the epimere becomes suppressed by the growth of the inner wall and thus ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The behavior with benzaldehyd was also determined, as often 1 epimere unites with
benzaldehyd, whereas the other does not combine with it under similar ..."
4. The Origin of Vertebrates by Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1908)
"The cavity of the epimere disappears, and its walls form the muscle and cutis
plates of the body. The part which forms the muscles is known as the ..."
5. British Oribatidæ by Albert Davidson Michael (1884)
"M. Robin does not leave us in any doubt as to his meaning, for in one of his
works* he gives the following footnote:—" L'epimere est cette ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"... and their existence, at least in part, seems to depend upon the adjacent
segments of the epimere. The so-called neuromeres of the fore- and mid-brain ..."
7. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"... or that which M. Audouin names epimere,) fills the space included between the
posterior angles of the corslet, and the exterior of the base of the ..."
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