tagma

Meanings

1. 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.
2. A specialized, structured, grouping of functionally related molecules, forming the basis the physiology and structure of larger units such as cells and tissues.
3. A military unit of battalion or regiment size, in the Byzantine empire of the 8th–11th centuries.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma, “something which has been ordered or arranged”).