Thesaurus:vertebra

Thesaurus

vertebra

English

Noun

Sense: any of the small bones which make up the backbone

Synonyms

• vertebra

Hyponyms

• cervical vertebra
• coccygeal vertebra
• lumbar vertebra
• sacral vertebra
• thoracic vertebra

Holonyms

• backbone    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “vertebra” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.