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hypotrachelium (iou)



hypotrachelium noun. . M16.
[Latin from Greek hupotrakhelion, formed as HYPO- + trakhelos neck: see -IUM.]
Architecture. The lower part or neck of the capital of a column; in the Doric order, the groove or sinking between the neck of the capital and the shaft.