Myotome
Pronunciation : My"o*tome
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Myotomy.] (Anat.) (a) A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma. (b) One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebr?; also, one of the protovertebr? t
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913