intercentrum

noun

in·​ter·​centrum

"+

1

: an element of the vertebral column alternating with the true centra of the vertebrae in several different classes of vertebrates

2

: hypocentrum

3

: one of the ossified intervertebral disks characteristic of certain mammals

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from inter- + centrum

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