somatome
(ˈsəʊmətəʊm)
[f. somato- + -tome.]
A section or segment of the body.
| 1856 Goodsir in Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. V. 121 To the constituent segment, with its diverging appendages, I apply the term Somatome... The constituent somatomes are invariably arranged in groups. |
Hence somaˈtomic a.
| 1882 Trans. Linn. Soc. II. iii. 166 Only where the notochord lingers can any trace of somatomic division be seen. |