dentatan.
/dɛnˈteɪtə/ Anatomy.
The second cervical vertebra, also called axis: see axis n.1 2.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vertebræ The second [vertebra of the neck] is called Epistrophæus, or Vertebra Dentata.
1811 Hopper Dict. 852/1 The second vertebra is called dentata.
1831 W. Youatt Horse ix. 153 The second bone of the neck is the dentata, having a process like a tooth, by which it forms a joint with the first bone.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 43.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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