amphicoelous
adjective
am·phi·coe·lous
\-¦sēləs\
variants: less commonly
amphicelous
oramphycoelous
\-¦sēləs\Definition of amphicoelous
: biconcave —used of vertebrae (as those of certain reptiles) having both the anterior and posterior surfaces of the centrum concave
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Origin and Etymology of amphicoelous
Late Greek amphikoilos doubly concave, from Greek amphi- + koilos hollow
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