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amphicoelous

amphicoelous adjective: having both ends concave; biconcave.

Adjective

amphicoelous (comparative more amphicoelous, superlative most amphicoelous)

  1. Having both ends concave; biconcave.
    • amphicoelous centrum
    • amphicoelous vertebra
    Synonyms:
    amphicoelian

amphicoelous meaning in Tamil and Kannada

amphicoelous in Tamil

இருபுடையுங்குழிவான

amphicoelous in Kannada

ಇತ್ತಗ್ಗಿನ

Synonyms of amphicoelous

Forms of amphicoelous

comparativemore amphicoelous
superlativemost amphicoelous
alternative formamphicœlous

Origin of amphicoelous

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίκοιλος (amphíkoilos, “hollowed on both sides”). By surface analysis, amphi- + -coelous.

Questions about amphicoelous

What does amphicoelous mean?
Amphicoelous means having both ends concave; biconcave.
What is amphicoelous in Tamil?
Amphicoelous in Tamil is இருபுடையுங்குழிவான. See Amphicoelous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is amphicoelous?
Amphicoelous is an adjective.

Words near amphicoelous in the dictionary

  1. amphichelydians
  2. amphichiral
  3. amphichroic
  4. amphichromatic
  5. amphicoelian
  6. amphicoelous
  7. amphicoely
  8. amphicontinental
  9. amphicoronate
  10. amphicrania
  11. amphicribral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amphicoelous (page history and authors); amphicoelous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amphicoelous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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