epichordal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Upon or above the notochord; applied especially to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.

Word forms

epichordal

Etymology

From epi- + chordal.

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