noun epimere (biology) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so-called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, as in a segmented leaf. 0
noun epimere the dorsal part of the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo, consisting of a series of segments (somites) 0
noun epimere the dorsal portion of the mesodermal mass in the early development of chordate embryos that gives rise to the skeletal muscles 0
