The back or spine of a human or animal, esp. (in later use) a horse. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [noun] (57) ridgeeOE The back or spine of a human or animal, esp. (in later use) a horse. Obsolete. ridge boneOE The spine or backbone (now rare); (in early use also) †a vertebra (obsolete). In later use also: any of various other ridge-like bones or projecting… backbonea1300 The vertebral column, the spine. to the backbone: thoroughly, completely. chinec1300 The spine, backbone, or vertebral column; more loosely ‘the part of the back in which the spine is found’ (Johnson). archaic and technical. rigbonec1400 The backbone; the spine. In early use also: †a vertebra (obsolete). Also figurative. spinac1400 The backbone. Now only Pathology in spina bifida, a congenital malformation of widely varying severity in which there is a failure of one or more… spinec1400 The spinal or vertebral column in man and vertebrates; the backbone. Also spine of the back; now dialect. spine-bonec1400 the spine; also transferred. chine-bone?1533 the vertebral column. vertebre1578 = vertebra, n. 1. vertebre1623 The spine; = vertebra, n. 2. Obsolete. rare. vertebrasa1632 plural (with the). The vertebral column; the spine or backbone. rachis1693 Anatomy and Zoology. The vertebral column or spinal cord; the structural axis of the vertebrate body, comprising the spine and the skull; (also) the… vertebres1696 plural. = 3a. Obsolete. rare. vertebra1791 In singular = sense 2. rare. vertebral column1828 Anatomy and Physiology. A name given to various parts of the body (usually translating Latin columna); e.g. ‘fleshy columns of the heart’ (columnæ c… spinal column1866 Anatomy and Physiology. A name given to various parts of the body (usually translating Latin columna); e.g. ‘fleshy columns of the heart’ (columnæ c… Subcategories:— marrow of (6) — sheath of (1) — vertebra of (33) |
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