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epicentral, a.|ɛpɪˈsɛntrəl|
[f. Gr. ἐπίκεντρ-ος (see epicentrum, which in sense 2 is the immediate source) + -al1.]
1. Situated upon a (vertebral) ‘centrum’. Also quasi-n. (see quot.)
1866Owen Anat. I. 43 These ‘scleral’ spines [of fishes] are termed, according to the vertebral element they may adhere to, ‘epineurals’, ‘epicentrals’, and ‘epipleurals’..In Esox..the..epicentral spines are present.
2. Of or pertaining to an epicentrum.
1887Science (U.S.A.) 20 May 495/1 The determination of the epicentral tract. |