Definition of Centra

1. Noun. (plural of centrum) ¹

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Definition of Centra

1. centrum [n] - See also: centrum

Medical Definition of Centra

1. Plural of centrum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centra

centistere
centisteres
centistoke
centistokes
centner
centners
cento
centoist
centoists
centonel
centonels
centones
centonism
centos
centr'd
centra (current term)
centractin
centrad
centrage
central
central-bearing device
central-bearing point
central-bearing tracing device
central Recklinghausen's disease type II
central africa
central amputation
central and lateral intermediate substance
central angiospastic retinitis
central angiospastic retinopathy
central angle

Literary usage of Centra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Concerning the formation of centra or bodies of the vertebrae, ... Chorda-centra are possessed by all Elasmobranchs, potentially by Dipnoi and Holocephali. ..."

2. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1879)
"On the centra-surface of an Ellipsoid. By Professor CAYLEY. [Read March 7, 1870.] THE centra-surface of any given surface is the locus of the centres of ..."

3. Elements of Quaternions by William Rowan Hamilton (1866)
"planes parallel to the director plane XLVII., which have their centra on the focal line a, and are orthogonally projected into circlet on a plane ..."

4. Pope Leo XIII, His Life and Work by Julien de Narfon (1899)
"Usually Pio centra finds his master risen, or else the wonderful old man is still at the desk where he had seated himself the night before, to put the last ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... which may, as it would seem, be proved by copies purporting to be certified by the centra] office.5 § 1606. The memorials setting forth the firm names, ..."

6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1892)
"centra-indications to Quinine.—An editorial article on the contra-indications to quinine points out, among many important facts, how quinine may cause ..."

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