— somital /soh"mi tl/ , somitic /soh mit"ik/ , adj.
/soh"muyt/ , n.
1. any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
2. Embryol. one member of a series of paired segments into which the thickened dorsal zone of mesoderm is divided.
[ 1865-70; SOM(A) 1 + -ITE 1 ]