vertebra
pronunciation
How to pronounce vertebra in British English:
UK [ˈvɜ:tɪbrə]
How to pronounce vertebra in American English:
US [ˈvɜrtɪbrə]
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- Noun:
- one of the bony segments of the spinal column
Word Origin
- vertebra
- vertebra: [17] A vertebra is etymologically a bony pivot, a bone on which other bones ‘turn’. The word’s Latin source, vertebra, was derived from the verb vertere ‘turn’ (source also of English verse, version, etc).=> verse
- vertebra (n.)
- "bone of the spine," early 15c., from Latin vertebra "joint or articulation of the body, joint of the spine" (plural vertebræ), perhaps from vertere "to turn" (see versus) + instrumental suffix -bra. The notion would be the spine as the "hinge" of the body.
Example
- 1. Does the cervical vertebra angioma need operation ?
- 2. Should osteoporosis get severe enough to collapse a vertebra , doctors have a new way to make repairs : two tiny balloons are inserted into the bone through surgical tubes .
- 3. The body appeared to have been painted and found with an additional vertebra added .
- 4. Anterior bony cylinder of a vertebra surrounded by two transverse processes .
- 5. Best method that the lumbar vertebra hyperplasia cures .