Definition of Arthromere

1. Noun. Any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod.

Group relationships: Arthropod
Generic synonyms: External Body Part
Derivative terms: Arthromeric

Definition of Arthromere

1. n. One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.

Definition of Arthromere

1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of the constitutive body segments of a jointed animal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Arthromere

1. One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca. Origin: Gr. Joint + -mere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arthromere

arthrogenous
arthrogram
arthrograms
arthrography
arthrogryposes
arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
arthrogrypotic
arthrokatadysis
arthrolith
arthrolithiasis
arthrologia
arthrological
arthrology
arthrolysis
arthromere (current term)
arthromeres
arthromeric
arthrometer
arthrometry
arthronosos
arthropathia
arthropathia psoriatica
arthropathies
arthropathology
arthropathy
arthrophyma
arthrophyte
arthrophytes
arthroplast

Literary usage of Arthromere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"... in any way homologous with the limbs, which are articulated outgrowths budding out between the sternal and pleural pieces of the arthromere.* Fig. 19. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1884)
"Body segments becoming as usual smaller next to the head ; the anterior of each division of the arthromere much swollen high up on the sides ; each shoulder ..."

3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1867)
"The sphere- mere of the Radiate, the sack of the Mollusk, the arthromere of the Articulate, and the vertebra of the Vertebrate can have with each other no ..."

4. Zoology for Students and General Readers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1879)
"... in the Crustaceans and eighteen in the insects— while each arthromere is primarily divided into an upper (tergum), lower (sternum), and lateral portion ..."

5. Zoology for High Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Spring Packard (1881)
"... in num- \«T—twenty in the Crustaceans and eighteen in the insects— while each arthromere is primarily divided into an upper (tergum), lower (sternum), ..."

6. Zoology for High Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Spring Packard (1886)
"The same as somite or arthromere. MON-CE'CI-OUS (Gr. monoi, single; oikos, house). With the sexual glands, etc., united in the same individual. MY'O-BLAST. ..."

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