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Any of the seven vertebrae of the neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neck bone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vertebra
Narrower terms: atlas, atlas vertebra, axis, axis vertebra
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فَقَرَة عُنُقِيَّة
(faqara ʕunuqiyya)
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Arabic:
فقرة عنقية
(faqara ʕunuqiyya)
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Chinese Mandarin:
頸椎 /颈椎
(jǐngzhuī)
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Dutch:
nekwervels
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Finnish:
kaulanikama
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Finnish:
niskanikama
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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French:
vertèbre cervicale
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Galician:
vértebra cervical
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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German:
Halswirbel
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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German:
Nackenwirbel
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Hungarian:
nyakcsigolya
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Hungarian:
nyaki gerinc szakaszon lévő csigolya
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Ingrian:
kaglapiiluu
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Italian:
vertebra cervicale
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Japanese:
頸椎
(keitsui)
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Kalmyk:
сер
(ser)
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Northern Kurdish:
birrbirreyê stû
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Malay:
vertebra serviks
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Māori:
tangai kakī
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Khiamniungan Naga:
shāng-ù
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Polish:
kręg szyjny
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Portuguese:
vértebra cervical
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Romanian:
vertebră cervicală
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Russian:
ше́йный позвоно́к
(šéjnyj pozvonók)
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Scottish Gaelic:
cnàimh-amhaich
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Spanish:
vértebra cervical
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Swedish:
halskota
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Swedish:
cervikalkota
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Swedish:
nackkota
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Tagalog:
liig-liigang gulugod
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Tagalog:
liigang gulugod
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Telugu:
మెడపూస
(meḍapūsa)
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Turkish:
boyun omuru
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck
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Turkish:
servikal omur
— any of the seven vertebrae of the neck