Centrum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The major part of a vertebra, exclusive of the bases of the neural arch.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The central body of each vertebra
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See vertebra.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A center. Specifically
  • n. In anatomy:
  • n. The body of a vertebra: the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
  • n. The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebræ. Thus, the basioccipital is the centrum of the occipital segment of the skull.
  • n. In geology, the focus or place of origin of an earthquake.
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  • n. the main body of a vertebra
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    os    bone   
    Cross Reference
    centrum ovale    centrum ovale minus   
    Variant
    centra    vertebra   
    Form
    intercentrum    pleurocentrum   
    Same Context
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