vertebra

Meaning of vertebra

noun
  1. each of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes.
    the needle is inserted between two of the vertebrae
    she crushed a vertebra in a fall at Chepstow

early 17th century: from Latin, from vertere ‘to turn’.

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Hyphenation of vertebra

ver-te-bra

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • vertebra is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Translation of vertebra

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