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vertebral

/vur-tuh-bruhl/US // ˈvɜr tə brəl //

脊柱的,脊柱,脊椎,脊椎骨

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
    • : resembling a vertebra.
    • : composed of or having vertebrae.

Examples

  • Two patients died, one from significant blood loss after the operation and the other from a stroke caused by a cut vertebral artery.

  • Campana and his colleagues used vertebral growth-band counts to also figure out the ages of 18 additional dead whale sharks.

  • But these young women all suffered a rare kind of stroke caused by a vertebral artery dissection, or VAD.

  • With one incision Balsamo separated the vertebral column a couple of inches from the brain, and opened a yawning gash.

  • The vertebral bones serve as mortars in which fish, which have been previously dried in the sun, are pounded.

  • I may conclude this chapter by a brief view of the Fauna of the higher vertebral animals.

  • The vertebral column itself is limp and soft, the vertebræ only imperfectly formed and made of soft cartilage.

  • A single one of these fist-blows, planted in the back, would suffice to break the vertebral column.