Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticlinal vertebra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-cli-nal ver-te-bra
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The vertebra in a vertebral column which has a spinous process (spine) towards which the spines of all the other vertebrae are inclined; the vertebra at which the spine orientation changes.

Inflected Forms

anticlinal vertebrae (plural)

Questions

What does anticlinal vertebra mean?: The vertebra in a vertebral column which has a spinous process (spine) towards which the spines of all the other vertebrae are inclined; the vertebra at which the spine orientation changes.

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