noun. The major part of a vertebra, exclusive of the bases of the neural arch.

noun. In geology, the focus or place of origin of an earthquake.

noun. A center. Specifically

noun. In anatomy:

noun. The body of a vertebra: the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.

noun. The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebræ. Thus, the basioccipital is the centrum of the occipital segment of the skull.

noun. The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See vertebra.

noun. The central body of each vertebra

noun. the main body of a vertebra

"The large expanse of medullary matter now exposed, surrounded by the convoluted margin of gray substance, is called the centrum ovale majus."

centrum ovale  centrum ovale minus  

intercentrum  pleurocentrum  

bone  os  

adulescentia  arcum  colere  constantia  doctrinae  

centra  vertebra