Lexic.us

Definition of Segment

1. Noun. One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object. "Finished the final segment of the road"

2. Verb. Divide into segments. "Segment a compound word"

3. Noun. One of the parts into which something naturally divides. "A segment of an orange"

4. Verb. Divide or split up. "The cells segmented"

Definition of Segment

1. n. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf.

2. v. i. To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.

Definition of Segment

1. to divide into sections [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Segment

1. A portion of a larger body or structure, set off by natural or arbitrarily established boundaries. Origin: L. Segmentum = a piece cut off This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Segment

see to it seg seg Segal segar segars segawa's dystonia segetal SegE endonuclease seggar

seggars segge seghol seghols segment (current term) segment (current term) segmenta segmental segmental segmentally

segmental alveolar osteotomy segmental anaesthesia segmental arch segmental arteries of kidney segmental atelectasis segmental bronchus segmental demyelinating polyneuropathy segmental fracture segmental glomerulonephritis segmental glomerulosclerosis

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