Definition of segment

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Segment (n.) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome..

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Midbrain :: Midbrain (n.) The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
Blastomere :: Blastomere (n.) One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.
Thigh :: Thigh (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
Pes :: Pes (n.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot..
Segmented :: Segmented (a.) Divided into segments or joints; articulated.
Epencephalon :: Epencephalon (n.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen..
Arthromere :: Arthromere (n.) One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.
Nauplius :: Nauplius (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body..
Manus :: Manus (n.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand..
Annulose :: Annulose (a.) Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed..
Pronucleus :: Pronucleus (n.) One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.
Meros :: Meros (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.
Thyrohyal :: Thyrohyal (n.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man..
Protosomite :: Protosomite (n.) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal..
Micromere :: Micromere (n.) One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum..
Alecithal :: Alecithal (a.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm..
Trilobite :: Trilobite (n.) Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment..
Segmental :: Segmental (a.) Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae..
Segment :: Segment (n.) A segment gear.
Tripinnatifid :: Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid..
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