See Also: Myotome(medicine)
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myotome (iou)



myotome noun. M19.
[from MYO- + -TOME.]
Embryology & Zoology. (Each segment of) a part of the embryonic mesoderm which gives rise to the skeletal muscles; esp. in fish and amphibians, each of a series of muscle blocks either side of the spine.