See Also: prechordal(medicine)
prechordal plate(medicine)

veracious (iou) and prechordal (medicine)


veracious (iou)



veracious adjective. Chiefly formal. L17.
[from Latin verac-, verax, from verus true: see -ACIOUS.]
Habitually speaking or disposed to speak the truth; truthful, honest. L17.
Dickens The testimony of the two veracious and competent witnesses.
Of a statement etc.: conforming to truth or honesty; true, accurate. L18.
S. Johnson Is not my soul laid open in these veracious pages?
That estimates or judges truly or correctly. rare. M19.
veraciously adverb E19.
veraciousness noun M19.

prechordal (medicine)


prechordal -->
prochordal
<anatomy> Situated in front of the notochord; applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

Origin: Pref. Pro + chordal.

Source: Websters Dictionary