Word

rachis, n.
(rachides, rachises)

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

back backbone rachis spinal column spine vertebral column

sample sentences

"the fall broke his back"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

spinal

semantic pointers

hyponym

notochord chine

part meronym

spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis coccyx, tail bone vertebra intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk

hypernym

skeletal structure

part holonym

axial skeleton

axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
<noun.plant>

rachis

semantic pointers

hypernym

axis