English Explanatory Dictionary

vertebral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a vertebra or the spine.
  2. Having or made of vertebrae.
  3. Having a spinal column.
noun
  1. Any of the large dorsal scales along the top of a snake's back.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɜː.tɪ.bɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vertebral.wav /vɚˈti.bɹəl/ /ˈvɝ.tə.bɹəl/

Word forms

vertebral vertebrals

Etymology

From vertebra + -al.

Synonyms

backboned spinal vertebrate

Antonyms

backboneless invertebrate nonspinal

Derived words

basivertebral costovertebral craniovertebral discovertebral extravertebral facioauriculovertebral hemivertebral intervertebral intravertebral ischiovertebral lumbovertebral meningovertebral nonvertebral oculoauriculovertebral paravertebral perivertebral postvertebral prevertebral protovertebral retrovertebral sacrovertebral sinuvertebral sternovertebral subvertebral supravertebral trivertebral vertebral arch vertebral artery vertebral canal vertebral column vertebrally
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