Email this page to a friend

SPINE

Definition:

[noun] the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
Synonyms: spinal column, vertebral column, backbone, back, rachis
[noun] any pointed projection
Synonyms: spur
[noun] a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
Synonyms: thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker
[noun] a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin