SEGMENTAL
metameric, segmental, segmented
(adjective) having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters
segmental
(adjective) divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
segmental (comparative more segmental, superlative most segmental)
of, relating to, or constructed from segments
Source: Wiktionary
Seg*men"tal, a.
1. Relating to, or being, a segment.
2. (Anat. & Zoöl.)
(a) Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental
duct; segmental papillæ.
(b) Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. Segmental duct (Anat.),
the primitive duct of the embryonic excretory organs which gives rise
to the Wolffian duct and ureter; the pronephric duct.
– Segmental organs. (a) (Anat.) The embryonic excretory organs of
vertebrates, consisting primarily of the segmental tubes and
segmental ducts. (b) (Zoöl.) The tubular excretory organs, a pair of
which often occur in each of several segments in annelids. They serve
as renal organs, and often, also, as oviducts and sperm ducts. See
Illust. under Sipunculacea.
– Segmental tubes (Anat.), the tubes which primarily open into the
segmental duct, some of which become the urinary tubules of the
adult.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition