vertebra
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vertebra /ˈvəːtɪbrə/
▶noun (pl. vertebrae /-breɪ, -briː/) each of the series of small bones forming the backbone.
– derivatives
vertebral adjective.
vertebral adjective.
– origin C17: from L., from vertere ‘to turn’.
'vertebra' also found in these Oxford entries:
atlas
- axis
- centrum
- hunchback
- invertebrate
- odontoid
- spondylitis
- spondylosis
- trochoid
- vertebrate
