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Definition: Vertebra |
VertebraNoun1. One of the bony segments of the spinal column. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vertebra" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references) |
Etymology: Vertebra \Ver"te*bra\, noun; plural Vertebr[ae]. [Latin expression vertebra, from vertere to turn, change. See Verse.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Centrality | Core, kernel; nucleus, nucleolus; heart, pole axis, bull's eye; nave, navel; umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith; vertebra, vertebral column; hotbed; concentration; (convergence); centralization; symmetry. |
Support | Frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion; crown post, king post; vertebra. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Neck vertebra cracking. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Spondylolisthesis is a back condition that occurs when one vertebra extends over another, causing pressure on nerves and therefore pain. Also, damage to nerve roots (see Spine Basics in the Appendix) is a serious condition, called radiculopathy, that can be extremely painful. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Vertebra" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vertebra" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 32 | 61,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "vertebra": Anticlinal vertebra ♦ atlas vertebra ♦ axis vertebra ♦ caudal vertebra ♦ cervical vertebra ♦ coccygeal vertebra ♦ dorsal vertebra ♦ lumbar vertebra ♦ sacral vertebra ♦ Spinous process of a vertebra ♦ thoracic vertebra ♦ vertebra dentata ♦ vertebra plana. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vertebra | 29 |
transitional vertebra | 7 |
boot sidi vertebra | 7 |
lumbar vertebra | 6 |
sidi vertebra | 5 |
supernumeraria vertebra | 3 |
cervical vertebra | 3 |
fractured vertebra | 3 |
ciudados supernumeraria vertebra | 2 |
boot race sidi vertebra | 2 |
limbus vertebra | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vertebra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vertebër, rruazë (bead, chaplet, spherule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فقارة, فقرة (clause, paragraph, passage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гръбначен прешлен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 椎骨 (Vertebrae, Vertebral). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obratel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vertebra plana (vertebra plana), hvirvelanomalier (vertebra anomalies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wervel (button, eddy, swirl, turbulent eddy, vortex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | vertebro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | geisli (beam, radio, radius, ray, wireless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فقره (Entry, Episode, Item, Paragraph, Piece, Vertebrate), مهره (Bead, Die, Glaze, Nut, Vertebrate), استوی (Vertebrate), بندها (Vertebrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | selkänikama, nikama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vertèbre (vertebrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wirbelknochen (dorsal vertebra), Wirbel (burble, catch, cowlick, crown, eddies, Eddy, frenzy, peg, pirouette, roll, squish, swirl, swirling, swivel, to-do, turmoil, vertebrae, vortex, vortices, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl), rückenwirbel (dorsal vertebra, vertebras). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπόνδυλοσ (spondyl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csigolya. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tulang belakang (backbone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vertebra (vertebrae). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 椎骨 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つい"つ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 척" (spinal, Vertebrae, Vertebral). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | vertebra, junt craue-drommey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ertebravay vértebra. (various references) vertebrã. (various references) позвонок. (various references) pršljen (disc, verticil, whorl). (various references) vértebra (disc, disk). (various references) kota. (various references) omur (spondyl, spondyle). (various references) хребець. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kybos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vertebra. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vertebra": vertebrae, vertebral, vertebras, vertebrate, vertebrates. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vertebra": intervertebral, invertebrate, invertebrates. (additional references) | |
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"Vertebra" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hershebar, peterbro, vertabra, vertebr, vertebre, verterbi, vertibra. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vertebra" (pronounced ver"tubru) |
| 4 | -u b r u | algebra. |
| 3 | -b r u | Abracadabra, candelabra, Cobra, hombre, Libra, macabre, Penumbra, Sabra, umbra, zebra. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-r-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: rebater. | |
-2 letters: barret, barter, bearer, beater, beaver, berate, braver, brevet, reaver, rebate, retear, reverb, revert, tearer, terrae. | |
-3 letters: arete, avert, barer, barre, beret, brave, breve, eater, evert, rater, raver, reave, rebar, revet, taber, tarre, terra, trave. | |
-4 letters: abet, aver, bare, bate, bear, beat, beer, beet, beta, brae, brat, bree, eave, ever, rare, rate, rave, rear, rete, tare, tear, tree, veer, vera, verb, vert. | |
-5 letters: arb, are, art, ate, ave, bar, bat, bee, bet, bra, brr, ear, eat, era, ere, err, eta, eve, rat, reb, ree, ret, rev, tab, tae, tar, tav, tea, tee, var, vat, vee, vet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-r-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: vertebrae, vertebral, vertebras. | |
+2 letters: vertebrate. | |
+3 letters: rebarbative, reprobative, retrievable, reverberant, reverberate, traversable, vertebrates. | |
+4 letters: invertebrate, reverberated, reverberates. | |
+5 letters: interbehavior, invertebrates, irretrievable, irretrievably, observatories, overbreathing, overelaborate, overexuberant, rebarbatively, reverberantly, reverberating, reverberation, reverberative, reverberatory, verbigeration. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 72 74 65 62 72 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-. - . -... .-. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01100101 01100010 01110010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e r t e b r a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0072 0074 0065 0062 0072 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5671848671688467 |
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