Definition of "vertebral" []

• Of, relating to, or of the nature of a vertebra. (adjective)
• Having or consisting of vertebrae. (adjective)
• Having a spinal column. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But this unsegmented primary axial skeleton is soon replaced by the segmented secondary axial skeleton, which we know as the vertebral column."
• "So-called vertebral dissection can ultimately cut off the blood supply, which in turn can lead to a stroke and even death."
• "New York, with the line from Vanceborough, Maine, to San Francisco, just described, or perhaps what may be called the vertebral column of the system, is the New York and Chicago railway post-office line, known also as the "Fast Mail" or the "White Mail," as the mail-cars on this line were originally painted white."