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hypotrachelium

American

[hahy-poh-truh-kee-lee-uhm] / ˌhaɪ poʊ trəˈki li əm /

noun

(on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.

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Inflected Forms

noun

hypotrachelia

plural

Etymology

Origin of hypotrachelium

1555–65; < Latin < Greek hypotrachḗlion. See hypo-, trachelium

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