amphicelous

amphicelous
/am'feuh see"leuhs/, adj. Anat., Zool.
concave on both sides, as the bodies of the vertebrae of fishes.
[1865-70; < Gk amphíkoilos hollow at both ends. See AMPHI-, -CELE2, -OUS]

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