SEGMENTALLY
Etymology
Adverb
segmentally (comparative more segmentally, superlative most segmentally)
In a segmental way.
Source: Wiktionary
SEGMENTAL
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