precentrum

noun

pre·​centrum

"+

1

: a distinct anterior portion of the centrum of a vertebra commonly bearing the neural and hemal arches in a fish that has vertebra with postcentra

2

: one of an alternate series of vertebral centra occurring in some fishes and having both hemal and neural arches

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pre- + centrum

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