metamerism
Zoology.
division into metameres, the developmental process of somite formation.
existence in a metameric state.
Chemistry. isomerism resulting from the attachment of different groups to the same atom, as C2H5NHC2H5 and CH3NHC3H7.
Origin of metamerism
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How to use metamerism in a sentence
The internal organs are largely repeated metamerically, in correspondence with the external metamerism.
In the articulates the metamerism is chiefly external—an articulation of the body wall.
The Wonders of Life | Ernst HaeckelThe only other example which we have of this metamerism in the Mollusca is presented by the Chitons.
In Chiton the renal organs are not affected by the metamerism as they are in Nautilus.
In accordance with the metamerism of Nautilus already noticed, there are two pairs of renal organs.
British Dictionary definitions for metamerism
/ (mɪˈtæməˌrɪzəm) /
Also called: metameric segmentation, segmentation the division of an animal into similar segments (metameres). In many vertebrates it is confined to the embryonic nervous and muscular systems
chem a type of isomerism in which molecular structures differ by the attachment of different groups to the same atom, as in CH 3 OC 3 H 7 and C 2 H 5 OC 2 H 5
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