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prevertebrae

prevertebrae is the plural of prevertebra.

Meaning of prevertebra

Noun

prevertebra (plural prevertebrae)

  1. Any of the structures that develop into the vertebrae
    • Hoxb6 mRNA is detected in neural tube and somites, with an anterior boundary in somites that contribute to the sixth prevertebra.2016 January 23, “Developmental Patterning as a Quantitative Trait: Genetic Modulation of the Hoxb6 Mutant Skeletal Phenotype”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about prevertebrae

What is prevertebrae the plural of?
Prevertebrae is the plural of prevertebra.

Words near prevertebrae in the dictionary

  1. preverify
  2. preverifying
  3. prevernal
  4. prevert
  5. prevertebra
  6. prevertebrae
  7. prevertebral
  8. prevertebrate
  9. prevertical
  10. preverts
  11. preves

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