amphicoelous
See also: amphicœlous
English
Alternative forms
- amphicœlous
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἀμφίκοιλος (amphíkoilos, “hollowed on both sides”).
Adjective
amphicoelous (comparative more amphicoelous, superlative most amphicoelous)
- (zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
Synonyms
- amphicoelian
Translations
of vertebrae: having both ends concave
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for amphicoelous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)