Vertebral Column

  

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Vertebral Column

Definition: Vertebral Column

Vertebral Column

Noun

1. The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Vertebral Column

Synonyms: back (n), backbone (n), rachis (n), spinal column (n), spine (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Vertebral Column

ContextSynonyms 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.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Vertebral Column

English words defined with "vertebral column": AcanthaCardinal veins, coccyx, crookback, crookbackedDiphycercal, dislocation, dorsal vertebraEpichordalgibbousheterocercal, heterocercal fin, hollow-back, homocercal, homocercal fin, humpback, humpbacked, humped, hunchback, hunchbackedInfraspinal, Intercrural, Interspinouskyphosis, kyphoticlesser rhomboid muscle, lordosis, lumbar vertebramusculus rhomboideus minor, myelomeningocelePredorsal, Prevertebral, Protocercal, Pygostylerachitis, rhomboid minor muscleSacrovertebral, scoliosis, spinal column, spinal curvature, Sublumbar, Subvertebral, Supraspinal, Supraspinous, Sympathetic systemtail bone, tenderloin, thoracic duct, thoracic vertebra, Trochoidundercut, Urosacral, UrostyleVertebrated, Vertebro-. (references)
Specialty definitions using "vertebral column": bifidacleft spineGanglia, SpinalManipulation, SpinalSomites, Spina Bifida Cystica, Spinal Fractures, Spinal Injuries. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Vertebral Column

DomainTitle

Books

  • Physiology of the Joints: The Trunk and the Vertebral Column (reference)

  • Grieve's Modern Manual Therapy: The Vertebral Column (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vertebral Column

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

vertebral column

78
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Vertebral Column

Language Translations for "vertebral column"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏العمود الفقري (back bone, backbone, spine). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

гръбначен стълб (spinal column, spine, vertebrae). (various references)

   

Danish

  

rygraden (backbone, spine), hvirvelsoejlen (backbone, spina, spine), columna vertebralis (backbone, spine). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wervelkolom (spine), ruggegraat (spine), rhachis (backbone, spine), columna vertebralis (backbone, spine), columna spinalis (backbone, spine). (various references)

   

French

  

colonne vertébrale. (various references)

   

German

  

Wirbelsaeule (backbone, spinal column, spine), Rueckgrat (backbone, spine), Columna vertebralis (backbone, spine). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σπονδυλική στήλη (backbone, spine, vertebral columm). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gerincoszlop (spinal column, spine). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spina dorsale (back, backbone, Chine, spinal column, spine), rachide (rachides, rachis), colonna vertebrale (backbone, spinal column), colonna rachidea (backbone, spine). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

脊椎 (spine). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せきつい (spine). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ertebralvay olumncay

   

Portuguese

  

coluna vertebral (chine). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

coloanã vertebralã (spinal column, spine). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

columna vertebral (backbone, spinal column). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

omurga (backbone, Carina, Chine, keel, rachis, spinal coloumn, spine, vertebrae), belkemiği (back, backbone, basis, Chine, rachis, spinal, spinal coloumn, spine). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Vertebral Column

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-l-l-m-n-o-r-r-t-u-v"

-4 letters: unremovable.

-5 letters: allurement, antebellum, brocatelle, celebrator, enumerator, malevolent, overbrutal, overmantel, overmature, returnable, vulnerable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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