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epaxial

adj

Etymology

From epi- + axial.

  1. derived from *h₂eḱs-✻
  2. borrowed from axis — “axle, axis”
  3. formed as axial — “axis + -al”
  4. prefixed as epaxial — “epi + axial”

Definitions

  1. Located above and behind an axis (typically a midline)

  2. Such a muscle

The neighborhood

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