VERTEBRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vertebral mean? 

• VERTEBRAL (adjective)
  The adjective VERTEBRAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or constituting vertebrae

  Familiarity information: VERTEBRAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERTEBRAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or constituting vertebrae

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

Derivation:

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

 Context examples 

Bone marrow in a vertebral bone.

(Bone Marrow, Vertebral, NCI Thesaurus)

An animal lacking a vertebral column.

(Invertebrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The excision of the vertebral posterior arch.

(Laminectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Neoplasms located in the space between the vertebral PERIOSTEUM and DURA MATER surrounding the SPINAL CORD.

(Epidural Spinal Canal Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The administration of a drug within the vertebral column.

(Intraspinal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

A thick process on either side of the vertebral body that connects the latter to the vertebral arch.

(Pedicle of Vertebral Arch, NCI Thesaurus)

In higher vertebrates it is replaced by the vertebral column.

(Notochord, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A disorder characterized by osteochondrosis of the vertebral epiphyses in childhood.

(Juvenile Osteochondrosis of Spine, NCI Thesaurus)

A sympathetic ganglion located at the seventh cervical vertebral level.

(Inferior Cervical Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus)

Osteochondrosis of the vertebral epiphyses in children.

(Juvenile Osteochondrosis of Spine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)