centrum
Americannoun
plural
centrums, centra-
a center.
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Anatomy, Zoology. the body of a vertebra.
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Mycology. collectively, all the structures enclosed within the ascocarp of a fungus.
noun
Etymology
Origin of centrum
From Latin, dating back to 1850–55; center
Example Sentences
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We want a waiting area called a “centrum,” which is a place “where comfort and convenience meet,” and we want an eatery by Wolfgang Puck in the center of the centrum.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2021
The vertebrae are stereospondylous, the centrum or body and the arch being completely fused into one mass, leaving not even a neuro-central suture.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
It is in the outer sheath that the vertebræ develop—from four separate pieces, in fish at least, plus an additional element which helps to form the centrum.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Lesions in the centrum ovale, which destroy the fibres proceeding from the overlying cortex, produce a corresponding spastic paralysis on the opposite side of the body.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The latter articulate with the tuberculum of the corresponding rib, while the capitulum articulates by a knob on the side of the anterior end of the centrum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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