spinal column

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Spinal column

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
spinal column

Plural
spinal columns

spinal column (plural spinal columns)

(anatomy) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that extends from the cranium to the coccyx, which encloses and protects the spinal cord.

[edit] Translations

series of vertebrae

Armenian: ողնաշար hy(hy) (oġnašar)
Finnish: selkäranka fi(fi)
French: colonne vertébrale fr(fr) f.

Greek: σπονδυλική στήλη el(el) (spondylikí stíli) f.
Japanese: 脊椎 ja(ja) (sekitsui)

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