Definitions for centra

centra cen·tra

Spelling: [sen-truh]
IPA: /ˈsɛn trə/

Centra is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in centra (acenrt).

Definitions for centra

noun

  1. a plural of centrum.
  2. a center.
  3. Anatomy, Zoology. the body of a vertebra.
  4. Mycology. collectively, all the structures enclosed within the ascocarp of a fungus.

Origin of centra

From Latin, dating back to 1850-55; See origin at center

Examples for centra

Both neural and haemal arches are ossified continuously with the centra.

Injuries to the centra were very frequent, but differed extraordinarily in their importance.

Similar but much smaller foramina occur on the sides of the centra of the eighth and ninth caudals.

This sheath forms the basis of the centra of the future vertebr.

In the Ichthyosauria the neural arches were united to the centra by cartilage only.

This is the remaining substance of the notochord, which finds room between the cup-shaped sides of the centra.

The vertebrae are generally without epiphyses to their centra.

There are no inter centra, and the neural arches are firmly united to the centra.

The centra increase in length posteriorly, the last lumbar having the greatest length of any vertebra in the column.

The vertebr have the faces of their centra more or less bi-concave.

Word Value for centra
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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