centrum
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We want a waiting area called a “centrum,” which is a place “where comfort and convenience meet,” and we want an eatery by Wolfgang Puck in the center of the centrum.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2021
Cerebral abscess is much more frequently met with in the white matter of the centrum ovale than in the cortex, and in the majority of cases the abscess is single.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
It was conceived in the following terms: In Sneffels Joculis craterem quem delibat Umbra Scartaris Julii intra calendas descende, Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges.
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules
Now of these bones, the basioccipital is in every way equivalent to a vertebral centrum, for it develops in the basilar plate round the notochord.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The two inner pairs of processes coalesce round the chorda, and later form the centrum; the upper outer pair meet above the spinal column; the lower outer pair form ribs.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell