spinal column
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
the fall broke his back
Types & categories
- skeletal structure hypernym
- notochord hyponym
- chine hyponym
Parts & wholes
- axial skeleton part holonym
- spinal canal part meronym
- coccyx part meronym
- vertebra part meronym
- intervertebral disc part meronym
Related & opposite
- spinal derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spinal |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | axial skeleton |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spinal canal |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | coccyx |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | vertebra |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | intervertebral disc |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | skeletal structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | notochord |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chine |