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vertebral

Syllables: ver·te·bral/ˈvɜː.tɪ.bɹəl/US/vɚˈti.bɹəl/

vertebral adjective: of or relating to a vertebra or the spine.

Adjective

vertebral (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a vertebra or the spine.
  2. Having or made of vertebrae.
  3. Having a spinal column.

Noun

vertebral (plural vertebrals)

  1. Any of the large dorsal scales along the top of a snake's back.

vertebral meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic

vertebral in Tamil

எட்டாவது மூளை நரம்பு, முதுகெலும்புச்சிரை

vertebral in Urdu

فقری, ریڑھ کی ہڈی والا

vertebral in Kannada

ಬೆನ್ನೆಲುಬಿನ, ಬೆನ್ಮೂಳೆಯ

vertebral in Arabic

of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
فِقْرِيّ fiqriyy, فِقَرِيّ fiqariyy

Examples of vertebral in a sentence

  • Dr. Bolognese's pioneer method of spinal fusion uses condylar screws, which minimize risk to the main vertebral structure.
  • Anteroposterior film of the patient’s vertebral column showed severe rachioscoliosis and compression fracture.
  • The treatment machine central axis (CAX) was placed at the level of the L4-L5 vertebral body interspace.

All 20 example sentences with vertebral

Synonyms of vertebral

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of vertebral

Forms of vertebral

pluralvertebrals

Origin of vertebral

From vertebra + -al.

Words formed from vertebral

Phrases with vertebral

Words that rhyme with vertebral

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Questions about vertebral

What does vertebral mean?
Vertebral means of or relating to a vertebra or the spine.
What is vertebral in Tamil?
Vertebral in Tamil is எட்டாவது மூளை நரம்பு, முதுகெலும்புச்சிரை. See Vertebral meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vertebral?
Vertebral can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce vertebral?
Vertebral is pronounced /ˈvɜː.tɪ.bɹəl/ (UK).

Words near vertebral in the dictionary

  1. vertebers
  2. vertebra
  3. vertebrae
  4. vertebraectomies
  5. vertebraectomy
  6. vertebral
  7. vertebral arch
  8. vertebral arches
  9. vertebral arteries
  10. vertebral artery
  11. vertebral canal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vertebral (page history and authors); vertebral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vertebral (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vertebral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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