| vertebrate | <zoology> One of the Vertebrata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vertebrate hormones | Hormones synthesised in vertebrates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebrate viruses | Viruses infecting man and other vertebrates. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vertebrated | 1. <anatomy> Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes. 2. <botany> Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals. 3. <zoology> Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; said of the arms ophiurans. 4. <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; used only in the form vertebrate. Origin: L. Vertebratus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vertebrated catheter | A catheter made of several segments moving on each other like the links of a chain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebrated probe | A probe made up of a series of short sections hinged together for flexibility in penetrating convoluted tracts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebrates | Animals having a vertebral column, members of the phylum chordata, subphylum vertebrata comprising mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vertebre | <anatomy> A vertebra. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vertebrectomy | Resection of a vertebral body. Origin: vertebra + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebro- | <anatomy, prefix> A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, a vertebra, vertebrae, or vertebral column; as in vertebrocostal. (29 Oct 1998) |
| vertebroarterial | Relating to a vertebra and an artery, or to the vertebral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebroarterial foramen | Foramen processus transversus. Synonym: foramen processus transversi, foramen transversarium, foramen vertebroarterialis, foramen of transverse process, vertebroarterial foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebrobasilar insufficiency | Obstruction or stenosis of the vertebral-basilar system manifested by disturbances of consciousness, vertigo, headache, hemi- or quadriplegia, dysarthria, and facial paralysis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vertebrochondral | Denoting the three false ribs (eighth, ninth, and tenth), which are connected with the vertebrae at one extremity and the costal cartilages at the other, these cartilages not articulating directly with the sternum. Synonym: vertebrocostal. Origin: vertebro-+ G. Chondros, cartilage (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebrochondral ribs | <anatomy> Five lower ribs on either side that do not articulate with the sternum directly. Synonym: costae spuriae, vertebrochondral ribs. (05 Mar 2000) |