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Somite vs Sopite - What's the difference?

somite | sopite |

As a noun 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.

As a verb sopite is

to put to sleep; to quiet.

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 ----

    sopite

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To put to sleep; to quiet.
  • * Fuller
    • The king's declaration for the sopiting of all Arminian heresies.
    (Webster 1913) ----