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Webster 1913 Edition


Parachordal

Parˊa-chor′dal

(părˊȧ-kôr′dal)
,
Adj.
[Pref.
para-
+
chordal
.]
(Anat.)
Situated on either side of the notochord; – applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.
–
Noun.
A parachordal cartilage.