adj :  situated at the side of the notochord
, n :  either of a pair of cartilaginous rods that develop on each side of the notochord beneath the posterior part of the embryonic brain and participate in formation of the parachordal plate .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pre·chord·al 
 
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