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Somite vs Domite - What's the difference?

somite | domite |

As nouns the difference between somite and domite

is that somite is one of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae while domite is a greyish variety of trachyte.

somite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (embryology) One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
  • (anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.

    • Derived terms

    *somitic *somitogenesis *somitomere ----

    domite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineral) A greyish variety of trachyte.
    • (Webster 1913) ----