of, or having the nature of, a vertebra or vertebrae
2.
having or composed of vertebrae
vertebral column
Word origin
ModL vertebralis
vertebral in American English
(ˈvɜːrtəbrəl)
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal
2.
resembling a vertebra
3.
composed of or having vertebrae
Derived forms
vertebrally
adverb
Word origin
[1675–85; vertebr(a) + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1675–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: eclectic, explorer, hustle, mouthpiece, stoma
Examples of 'vertebral' in a sentence
vertebral
The jockey has not suffered a brain injury but his vertebral damage remains serious.
The Sun (2013)
However, the skewer also just missed two vital arteries, the carotid and the vertebral.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Her vertebral artery has since been replaced with 22 platinum coils.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One month passed, she got stronger, and a scan showed the vertebral bodies were free of cancer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Like sheep, they have vertebral arteries which cannot be cut because they are shielded by the vertebrae.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The rate of clinically diagnosed vertebral fractures in the general young adult population is between one and four per 10,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The impact severed her vertebral artery and triggered a stroke that paralysed her left side.