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Topic: BIOLOGY

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: 'joint, vertebra', from vertere; VERSE

vertebra

 noun
     
ver‧te‧bra plural vertebrae [countable]
HB one of the small hollow bones down the centre of your back
—vertebral adjective [only before noun]
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