mer-, mero-, meri-, -mer, -merous, -mere, -meric, -meristic +
(Greek: part, partial, referring to parts; segment; incomplete)
Substances with a different chemical composition but the same crystalline form: Consistence in crystalline shape accompanied by variation in chemical composition is termed allomerism.
allomeristic (adjective), more allomeristic, most allomeristic
A reference to an organism which differs in the number of the parts of any organ from that which is customary in the group to which they belong: Jane read about allomeristic animals that had just one kidney instead of two like the other animals of its kind.
fering in growth rate: Allometric growth is the development of different parts of the body of a living organism at different rates or at different times.
In humans, for example, allometric growth can be seen in brain growth that stops at about the age of five years, while other parts Difof the body continue to develop.
The study of relative growth: Allometry includes the investigation of the changes of proportions with an increase of size.
Allometry also consists of growth rates of a part differing from a standard growth rate or from the growth rate of the whole.
In addition, allometry involves the variations in the relative size of a part, either in the course of an organism's growth or within a series of related organisms, or the measurement and study of such variations.
andromerogone, andromerogon
An embryo that develops from the portion of an egg containing the male pronucleus.
The embryo therefore only contains paternally derived chromosomes.
andromerogony
The development of an andromerogone (portion of an egg containing only the male pronucleus).
anisomeric
Of unequal measurement, consisting of unequal or nonsymmetrical parts.
dimeric
Having two divisions or parts.
diploid merogony
Development of a portion of an egg containing the combined products of the male and female pronuclei.
gynomerogon, gynomerogone
An organism derived from an ovum possessing solely a female pronucleus (nucleus of the ovum after fertilization) and thus with maternal chromosomes only.
gynomerogony
Development of the part of a fertilized ovum having only the female pronucleus with its maternal chromosomes.
isomeric
1. Indicating, having, or exhibiting equality of dimensions or measurements.
2. In physiology, denoting the condition when the ends of a contracting muscle are held fixed so that contraction produces increased tension at a constant overall length.
3. In chemistry, compounded of the same elements in the same proportion by weight, but differing in one or more properties.
4. Having similar parts in similar numbers.
2. In physiology, denoting the condition when the ends of a contracting muscle are held fixed so that contraction produces increased tension at a constant overall length.
3. In chemistry, compounded of the same elements in the same proportion by weight, but differing in one or more properties.
4. Having similar parts in similar numbers.
isomeristic
Having the same number of parts.
meiomerism
A condition of lacking some parts.
merergasia
A disorder that results in a partial inability to work or to function; which may occur in neuroses.
