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Word: Vertebra
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century: from Latin, from vertere ‘to turn’
ˈvəːtɪbrə
each of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes
Short Definition:each of series of small bones forming backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and hole through which spinal cord passes
Examples:- the needle is inserted between two of the vertebrae
- she crushed a vertebra in a fall at Chepstow
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