epimere

noun

embryol the dorsal part of the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo, consisting of a series of segments (somites)

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Historical Examples of epimere

The cavity of the epimere disappears, and its walls form the muscle and cutis plates of the body.
The Origin of Vertebrates
Walter Holbrook Gaskell

epimere in Medicine

epimere

[ĕp′ə-mîr′]

n.

The dorsal portion of the mesoderm of a chordate embryo that forms skeletal muscles.