sclerotomy knife
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sclerotome — 1. A knife used in sclerotomy. 2. The group of mesenchymal cells emerging from the ventromedial part of a somite and migrating toward the notochord. Sclerotomal cells from adjacent somites become merged in intersomitically located masses that are … Medical dictionary
sclerotome — noun a) A knife used in sclerotomy b) A segmented mass of mesenchymal tissue, in a somite, that develops into the ribs … Wiktionary
sclerotome — n. 1) a surgical knife used in the operation of sclerotomy. 2) (in embryology) the part of the segmented mesoderm (see somite) in the early embryo that gives rise to all the skeletal tissue of the body. The vertebrae and ribs retain the segmented … The new mediacal dictionary
