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concave

 [kon´kāv]
rounded and somewhat depressed or hollowed out.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

con·cave

(kon-kāv'),
Having a depressed or hollowed surface.
[L. concavus, arched or vaulted]
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con·cave

(kon'kāv)
Having a depressed or hollowed surface.
[L. concavus, arched or vaulted]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

concave 

Pertaining to a surface shaped like the inside of a sphere. See diverging lens; concave mirror.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
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