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CENTRUM (centra)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does centrum mean?
• CENTRUM (noun)
The noun CENTRUM has 1 sense:
1. the main body of a vertebra
Familiarity information: CENTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The main body of a vertebra
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("centrum" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Meronyms (parts of "centrum"):
haemal arch; hemal arch (a structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vessels)
neural arch; vertebral arch (a structure arising dorsally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the spinal cord)
Holonyms ("centrum" is a part of...):
vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)
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