Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - vertebra
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Vertebra
vertebra
noun (plural ~e or -bras) Etymology: Latin, joint, ~, from vertere to turn Date: 1578 one of the bony or cartilaginous segments composing the spinal column, consisting in some lower ~tes of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher ~tes having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent ~e and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord
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n. (pl. vertebrae) 1 each segment of the backbone. 2 (in pl.) the backbone. Derivatives vertebral adj. Etymology: L f. vertere turn ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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позвонок – basilar vertebra – caudal vertebra – cervical vertebra – coccygeal vertebra – dorsal vertebra – lumbar vertebra – odontoid vertebra – sacral vertebra – thoracic vertebra ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(vertebrae) Vertebrae are the small circular bones that form the spine of a human being or animal. N-COUNT: usu pl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n plural vertebrae, one of the small hollow bones down the centre of your back - vertebral adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from L. vertebra "joint or articulation of the body, joint of the spine" (pl. vertebrж), from vertere "to turn." The notion is of the spine as the "hinge" of the body. Vertebrate (n.) is from 1826. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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