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Medical Term:

plane

Pronunciation: plān

Definition:

  1. A two-dimensional flat surface.
  2. An imaginary surface formed by extension of a point through any axis or two definite points, in reference especially to craniometry and to pelvimetry.

See: planum

Synonym(s): planum

[L. planus, flat]

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