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amphicentric

amphicentric

 [am″fĭ-sen´trik]
beginning and ending in the same vessel.
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am·phi·cen·tric

(am'fi-sen'trik),
Centering at both ends, said of a rete mirabile that begins with the vessel breaking up into a number of branches and ends with the branches joining again to form the same vessel.
[amphi- + G. kentron, center]
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am·phi·cen·tric

(am'fi-sen'trik)
Centering at both ends, said of a rete mirabile that begins when a vessel breaks up into a number of branches and ends as the branches join again to reconstitute the vessel.
[amphi- + G. kentron, center]
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