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amphicoelous

adjective
am·​phi·​coe·​lous
variants: or less commonly amphicelous or amphycoelous \ -​¦sÄ“lÉ™s \

Definition of amphicoelous

: biconcave —used of vertebrae (as those of certain reptiles) having both the anterior and posterior surfaces of the centrum concave

First Known Use of amphicoelous

1866, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for amphicoelous

Late Greek amphikoilos doubly concave, from Greek amphi- + koilos hollow

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