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vertebral column

noun

the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord (Freq. 1)

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the fall broke his back

• Syn: ↑spinal column, ↑spine, ↑backbone, ↑back, ↑rachis

• Derivationally related forms: ↑spinal (for: ↑spine)

• Hypernyms: ↑skeletal structure

• Hyponyms: ↑notochord, ↑chine

• Part Holonyms: ↑axial skeleton

• Part Meronyms:

↑spinal canal, ↑vertebral canal, ↑canalis vertebralis, ↑coccyx, ↑tail bone, ↑vertebra, ↑intervertebral disc, ↑intervertebral disk

Useful english dictionary. 2012.