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Noun: spinal column
  1. The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
    "the fall broke his spinal column";
    - vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis [technical]

Derived forms: spinal columns

Type of: skeletal structure

Part of: axial skeleton

Encyclopedia: Spinal column