vertebr/o
vertebra, spine
From Latin vertebra, joint, from vertere, to turn
Meaning
What does vertebr/o mean?
vertebr/o is a root meaning vertebra, spine. It comes from Latin vertebra, joint, from vertere, to turn.
Inside words it is spelled vertebr.
Latin vertebr/o mostly builds anatomy words (intervertebral); Greek spondyl/o mostly names diseases (spondylitis).
In real words
Medical words with vertebr/o
relating to the ribs and vertebrae, as in the joints where the head of each rib meets the spine
relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae of the spine
situated between vertebrae, as an intervertebral disc
a minimally invasive procedure that injects bone cement into a fractured vertebra to strengthen it and ease pain
situated in front of a vertebra or the spinal column, as the prevertebral muscles
situated or done beside the spinal column, as a paravertebral nerve block
Sources
Checked against
Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:
- Word Parts and Structural Terms – Medical Terminology: An Interactive Approach
- 13.1 – Introduction to the Skeletal System – Building a Medical Terminology Foundation 2e
- VERTEBR- Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
- vertebro- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- VERTEBRA Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
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Bones, joints and muscles
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