ver|te|bra

ver|te|bra
ver|te|bra «VUR tuh bruh», noun, plural -brae «-bree», -bras.
1. one of the bones of the backbone or spinal column. In man and higher animals a vertebra consists typically of a somewhat cylindrical central body (centrum) and arch (neural arch) supporting seven processes, the whole forming an opening for the passage of the spinal cord.
2. the vertebral column; spine or backbone.
[< Latin vertebra (originally) any joint, a turning place < vertere to turn]

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