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Noun: myotome  'mI-u,towm
  1. A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided
     
  2. One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebrae

Derived forms: myotomes

Encyclopedia: Myotome