somitic,a.Zool.|səʊˈmɪtɪk| [f.prec. + -ic.] Of or pertaining to, having the form or character of, a somite. 1888Huxley & Martin Pract.Biol. 243 These septa are metamerically arranged, one for each somitic constriction.Ibid. 244 A series of somitic compartments.