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axis medical definition
noun pl. ax·es
- A real or imaginary straight line about which a body or geometric object rotates or may be conceived to rotate.
- A center line to which parts of a structure or body may be referred.
- The second cervical vertebra. Also called epistropheus, vertebra dentata.
- An artery that divides into many branches at its origin.
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