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Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.

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  1. a. Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.
  2. Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebræ in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.
  3. a. Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.