vertebral column(n = noun.body) back, backbone, rachis, spinal column, spine - the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
is a kind of skeletal structure
is a part of axial skeleton
has parts: canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal, coccyx, tail bone, vertebra, intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
has particulars: notochord, chine

N  centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.

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