| 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) |