OPISTHOCOELOUS


Meaning of OPISTHOCOELOUS in English

-ləs adjective

Etymology: New Latin opisthocoelus, from opisth- + Greek koilos hollow — more at cave

: of, relating to, or being a vertebra that is concave behind with the anterior end of the centrum flat or convex and the posterior concave

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