vertebra
UK /ˈvɜː.tɪb.ɹə/US /ˈvɝ.təb.ɹə/
noun1
- 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.
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vertebrae · vertebrae · vertebras