vertebra

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Recent Examples of vertebra Mangione was seemingly active in a subreddit community dedicated to discussions about spondylolisthesis, a condition where one of the bones in your spine, called a vertebra, slips forward. Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024 The backstrap is a super lean and tender strip of meat that runs along a deer’s spine, stretching from the shoulder blades to the last vertebra. Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024 Spondylolisthesis is a condition in which a vertebra in the spine slips out of alignment and puts pressure on the vertebrae below it, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024 Spondylolisthesis is when one of the bones in your spine, called a vertebra, slips forward. Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for vertebra
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebra
Noun
  • His right arm, six of his ribs, and his lung had suffered, with a crack on his C2 vertebrae and a spinal cord bruise.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In the last year alone, Davis notes scientists have published important work in a variety of areas — on blood clotting, the impacts of exercise, evidence of viral persistence in the spinal cord, and loss of blood flow to the brain, to name just a few.
    Will Stone, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In July of that year, Villegas and wife Maria’s 22-month-old daughter Mia died following a four-month battle with tumors on the brain and spine.
    Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
  • That left Democrats as less-than-unified in their general messaging and again looking to voters like a scattershot collection of grievances rather than anything approaching a party with a central spine.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If yes, instead of knotting your bandana headband below your hairline, tie the ends in the back so the top of your head is fully covered with the rest of the kerchief.
    Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Born and raised in the Sunset District of San Francisco, Lee was shot four times in the back and jaw, and suffered injuries which left him disabled.
    Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025

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“Vertebra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebra. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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