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“amphicentric”
amphicentric (adjective) (not comparable)
Pertaining to the convergence at both ends of something: An amphicentric plexus of blood vessels have one afferent and one efferent trunk.
This refers to the joining or meeting at both ends, said of a "rete mirabile" (vascular network interrupting the continuity of an artery or vein) that starts when a blood vessel breaks up into a number of branches and ends by the branches joining again to form the same vessel.
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ampho-, amph-, amphi-
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centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro-
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