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Webster 1913 Edition

Proatlas

Pro-at′las

,

Noun.

[Pref.

pro-

+

atlas

.]

(Anat.)

A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.

Definition 2024

proatlas

proatlas

English

Noun

proatlas ‎(plural proatlases)

(anatomy) A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.