n. [ Gr. sw^ma body. ] (Anat. & Zool.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed; somatome; metamere. -- So*mit`ic a. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
n. [ Proto- + somite. ] (Zool.) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]