noun
- Plural of epimerism; instances or cases of epimerism, a phenomenon in which organisms or structures show variation or difference in the number or arrangement of similar parts.
Usage: technical; biology; rare
Examples
- The study examined epimerisms in insect body segments across different species.
- Researchers documented several epimerisms in the skeletal structures of the fossil specimens.
- Epimerisms can occur when developmental processes affect the repetition of homologous body parts.