biconcave
[bahy-kon-keyv, bahy-kon-keyv]
adjective
concave on both sides, as a lens.
RELATED WORDS
dipped, hollow, round, rounded, sinking, sunken, cupped, dented, dimpled, excavated, hollowed, incurvate, sagging
Origin of biconcave
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The vertebrae are solid and may be opisthocoelous, biconcave, or flat.
The Vertebrate SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
The vertebræ of its backbone are not biconcave, but flat in front and behind.
The Whence and the Whither of ManJohn Mason Tyler
Owing to the beaded structure of the notochord the vertebral bodies take of necessity a biconcave hourglass-shaped form.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)Francis Maitland Balfour
The end result is an amphicoelous or biconcave centrum in general appearance much like that of the Selachian.
The human blood-corpuscle is a non-nucleated, biconcave disc, having a diameter of about 1/3500 of an inch.
Aids to Forensic Medicine and ToxicologyW. G. Aitchison Robertson
biconcave
adjective
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biconcave
[bī′kŏn-kāv′, bī-kŏn′kāv′]
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