vertebra en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈvɝ.təb.ɹə/ (General-American)
- /ˈvɝ.təˌbɹeɪ/ (General-American)
- /ˈvɜː.tɪb.ɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin vertebra (“a joint”), from vertō (“to turn”) + -bra (instrumental nominal suffix). Having multiple vertebrae (plural of vertebra) in one's backbone instead of having a single bone or solid spine, allows for the movement of the body with bends and turns. Hence meaning 1.
Meanings
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Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.
Already I seemed to hear the water rippling against the desiccated bones and rattling them together, rolling my skull against Mahomed's, and his against mine, till at last Mahomed's stood straight up upon its vertebræ, and glared at me through its empty eyeholes, and cursed me with its grinning jaws, because I, a dog of a Christian, disturbed the last sleep of a true believer.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vertebræ | Number=Plur | obsolete | lexicographic |
| vertebras | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| vertebrae | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sacral vertebra · vertebraless · vertebrate · hemivertebra · sternebra · coccygeal vertebra · cervical vertebra · vertebrectomy · vertebr- · thoracic vertebra · vertebro- · protovertebra · prevertebra · vertebral · lumbar vertebra
Holonyms
Hyponyms
sacral vertebra · coccygeal vertebra · cervical vertebra · thoracic vertebra · lumbar vertebra
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (86)
bg гръбначен прешлен (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sah тоноҕос (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ar فَقَرَة (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · nan-hbl 透龍骨 /透龙骨 (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ik ikik (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ru позвоно́к (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · nl wervel (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · wa cronzoxh (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · pl kręg (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ia vertebra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · cy fertebra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · nv íígháán (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ro vertebră (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ba умыртҡа (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · cy cefngymal (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ceb dugokan (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · cmn 椎骨 (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sv kota (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · mn нурууны үе (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · no ryggvirvel (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · arz فقرة (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · gd dromaltach (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sk stavec (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ka მალა (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sh králježak (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sh кра́љежак (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · mi tangai (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · tl gulugod (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · grc σφόνδυλος (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · it vertebra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · tr mühre (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · cmn 脊椎骨 (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sh pršljen (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · el σπόνδυλος (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sv ryggkota (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ota مهره (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ka ხერხემალი (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ta முள்ளெலும்பு (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · hu csigolya (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ga veirteabra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · gd cnàimh an droma (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · fi nikama (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ca vèrtebra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · pt vértebra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · mn нугалмай (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · he חֻלְיָה (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · la vertebra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · mn сээр (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · egy Tz:Z1 (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · cs obratel (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sl vretence (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · es vértebra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · tr omur (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · lv skriemelis (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · de Wirbelknochen (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · uk хребе́ць (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · cmn 脊椎 (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · my ကျောရိုးဆစ်များ (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · nl rugwervel (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · da ryghvirvel (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ota فقره (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sh пршљен (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · gl vértebra (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · hy ող (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · izh nikan (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ckb بڕبڕە (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · fi selkänikama (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ko 척추 (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · evn нугды̄ (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · izh piiluu (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · af werwel (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · mk пршлен (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · kmr birrbirre (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ml കശേരു (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · fr vertèbre (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · rsk персцень (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · mn нугалам (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · ja 椎骨 (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · de Wirbel (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · my ကျောရိုးဆစ် (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · be пазвано́к (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · nl ruggengraatswervel (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sh кра́љешак (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · fa مهره (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · sh králješak (any of the small bones making up the backbone) · evn сигдэ (any of the small bones making up the backbone)