vertebral
adjective
ver·te·bral
| \ (ˌ)vər-ˈtē-brəl
, ˈvər-tə-
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, ˈvər-tə-
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This followed a traumatic June 2013 gymnasium fall that resulted in a vertebral compression fracture. — Tom Feran, cleveland.com, "Fred Griffith, Cleveland TV legend, dies at 90," 19 July 2019 The drug also cut in half the risk of a vertebral fracture, when bone compression causes part of the spine to collapse. — Marilynn Marchione, The Seattle Times, "Study suggests more older women may benefit from bone drugs," 1 Oct. 2018 The heightened risk of death aside, the additional health care costs following hip and vertebral fractures are staggering. — Farah Naz Khan, Vox, "Doctors are blasé about bone health and it’s leading to more broken bones in the elderly," 30 July 2018 Compression fractures: a vertebral bone in the spine that has decreased at least 15 to 20 percent in height due to fracture. — St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Cincinnati.com, "Spine Center helps chronic back, neck pain," 23 Oct. 2017 Now, researchers have reported the oldest record of a vertebral malformation in an aquatic animal, a deformity that likely led to scoliosis in the 80-centimeter-long marine reptile known as Stereosternum tumidium. — Katherine Kornei, Science | AAAS, "This 300-million-year-old marine reptile had scoliosis," 22 Sep. 2017 The giraffe cervical vertebral column: a heuristic example in understanding evolutionary processes?Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155 (3), 736-757 DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00458.x Cameron EZ, & du Toit JT (2007). — Brian Switek, WIRED, "OpenLab Finalist: Giraffes – Necks for food, or necks for sex?," 7 Jan. 2011These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vertebral.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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