centrum
Americannoun
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centrums,
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centra
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a center.
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Anatomy, Zoology. the body of a vertebra.
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Mycology. collectively, all the structures enclosed within the ascocarp of a fungus.
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Etymology
Origin of centrum
From Latin, dating back to 1850–55; see origin at center
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We want a waiting area called a “centrum,” which is a place “where comfort and convenience meet,” and we want an eatery by Wolfgang Puck in the center of the centrum.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2021
The basisphenoid appears in the basilar plate, but in front of the notochord, nor does it arise in exactly the same way as the centrum of a vertebra.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The centrum is elongate and triangular from below; it is widest at the paradiapophyses and narrowest at the short condylar neck.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by John Wellman
The centrum, when viewed laterally, is slightly concave and has prominent subcentral ridges that extend from the median side of the paradiapophysial articular surfaces posteriorly to the neck of the condylus.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by John Wellman
Cerebral abscess is much more frequently met with in the white matter of the centrum ovale than in the cortex, and in the majority of cases the abscess is single.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Yellen, speaking a week after the Fed delayed a long-anticipated rate hike, said she and other Fed policymakers do not expect recent global economic and financial market developments to significantly affect the centra bank's policy.
From Reuters ● Sep. 24, 2015
Vertebral centra of Megatooth sharks are known in addition to teeth, but that’s it, and – unsurprisingly – there has been much tendency to over-estimate the size of this giant.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2013
The centra of the cervical and dorsal vertebrae have peculiar, S-shaped articular surfaces, and they interlock tightly.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 3, 2012
In others the bullet passed longitudinally through the thorax, grooving or perforating one or more centra.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
It seems that the vertebrae in Urodela have at least the following components: perichordal centra, separate basidorsal cartilages, and basiventrals, which are somewhat specialized in their manner of development.
From The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
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