the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
| back |
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| backbone |
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| rachis |
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| spinal column |
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| spine |
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| vertebral column |
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sample sentences
"the fall broke his back"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
part meronym
spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis
coccyx, tail bone
vertebra
intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
hypernym
part holonym