arcocentrum

noun

ar·​co·​cen·​trum

¦ärkō¦sen‧trəm

: a centrum of a vertebra formed of basal parts or segments of the neural and hemal arches more or less modified and fused together compare chordacentrum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from arco- (from Latin arcus bow) + centrum

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