| ISOMERE | • isomere n. (Chemistry) Archaic form of isomer. • ISOMERE n. a body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound, also ISOMER. |
| MYOMERE | • myomere n. (Biology) A block of zig-zagging W- or V-shaped muscle fibers commonly found in fish and chordate fossils. • MYOMERE n. part of a vertebrate embryo. |
| UROMERE | • uromere n. (Zoology) Any of the abdominal segments of an arthropod. • UROMERE n. any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod. |
| ECTOMERE | • ectomere n. Any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms. • ECTOMERE n. a cell that develops into ectoderm. |
| MESOMERE | • mesomere n. A blastomere that is intermediate in size between a micromere and a macromere. • MESOMERE n. an embryonic segment. |
| PODOMERE | • podomere n. A segment of a limb of an arthropod. • PODOMERE n. a limb segment of an arthropod, also PODITE. |
| TELOMERE | • telomere n. (Genetics) Either of the sequences of DNA at each end of a eukaryotic chromosome. • TELOMERE n. a centromere that is located in a terminal position on a chromosome. |
| CAPSOMERE | • capsomere n. Any of the individual protein subunits of a viral capsid. • CAPSOMERE n. any of the protein units that together form the capsid of a virus, also CAPSOMER. |
| MACROMERE | • macromere n. A large blastomere. • MACROMERE n. a large blastomere, one of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum. |
| MICROMERE | • micromere n. An unusually small blastomere formed by unequal cleavage of a fertilized ovum. • MICROMERE n. a small cell formed by unequal division of an ovum or embryo, e.g. in sea urchins. |
| SARCOMERE | • sarcomere n. The contractile unit of the myofibril of a striated muscle. • SARCOMERE n. a unit of myofibril, in muscle. |
| ACTINOMERE | • actinomere n. (Zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism. • ACTINOMERE n. one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants. |
| ARTHROMERE | • arthromere n. (Anatomy) Any of the constitutive body segments of a jointed animal. • ARTHROMERE n. an arthropod body segment. |
| BLASTOMERE | • blastomere n. (Biology) Any cell that results from division of a fertilized egg. • BLASTOMERE n. one of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum. |
| CENTROMERE | • centromere n. (Genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled. • CENTROMERE n. the portion of DNA that attaches a chromosome to the spindle during cell division. |
| CHROMOMERE | • chromomere n. (Genetics) Any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division. • CHROMOMERE n. one of the characteristic granules of chromatin that appear on a chromosome during meiosis. |
| RHABDOMERE | • rhabdomere n. Any of the small, rodlike parts of a rhabdom. • RHABDOMERE n. one of the several parts composing a rhabdom. |