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centrale

centrale

9.9
A bone in the middle of the wrist or ankle of some animals
  • noun
  • Specialized
: centrale
  • Veterinarians study the centrale to better understand the anatomy of the animal's limb.

Examples

  • In the anatomy of a horse, the centrale plays a key role in the carpal structure.

  • You can go to the glass house tavern or you can go to bar centrale.

  • Bar centrale is really more for, like, the famous, you know, stars of the show, and then glass house is more for, like, the chorus kids.

  • In Cuba and the Dominican Republic, high sugar prices in World War I generated a boom in foreign investment resulting in the creation of multiple sugar corporations, but no new sugar companies were established in Puerto Rico during the war or even later, although the total sugar production of U.S. companies and locally owned centrales continued to increase.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The centrale is an important bone that helps connect the wrist joints in many animals.

Synonyms

capitate
vscentrale
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The largest bone in the wrist at the center that connects to the middle finger

refers more widely to a central wrist or ankle bone in some animals
os capitatum
vscentrale
  • Specialized
9.9

A large bone in the middle of the wrist that joins the middle finger bone

is a broader central bone found in wrist or ankle of some animals
capitate bone
vscentrale
  • Specialized
6.6

A large bone in the middle of the wrist that connects to the base of the middle finger

is broader in meaning and applies to central bones in wrist or ankle

Surface Forms

centrale singular
centrales plural

Etymology

Centrale comes from the old root centr- meaning 'center', so a centrale is a bone that sits in the 'middle' of the wrist or ankle.