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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 vertebraplay

  Familiarity information: CENTRUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTRUM (noun)


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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