tagma
Pronunciation: /ˈtæɡ.mə/
The English word “tagma” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A specialized, structured, grouping of functionally related segments, or analogous subunits, into units such as the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, particularly in various Arthropoda and Vertebrata.
- A specialized, structured, grouping of functionally related molecules, forming the basis the physiology and structure of larger units such as cells and tissues.
- A military unit of battalion or regiment size, in the Byzantine empire of the 8th–11th centuries.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma, “something which has been ordered or arranged”).
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