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postcentrum
noun
post·centrum
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Definition of postcentrum
: a distinct posterior part of the centrum of a vertebra in some fishes formed by coossification of the interventral and interdorsal arcualia —opposed to precentrum
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Origin and Etymology of postcentrum
New Latin, from post- + centrum
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