-ˌtōm noun
( -s )
Etymology: scler- + -tome
1. : a fibrous partition separating two myotomes
2. : the ventromesial portion of a somite that proliferates mesenchyme which migrates about the notochord to form the axial skeleton and ribs
• scle·ro·tomic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|tōmik, -|täm- adjective