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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
椎骨
- vertebra
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
椎骨 (“vertebra”)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
椎骨 • (tsuikotsu)
- a vertebra (any of the small bones which make up the backbone)
- Synonym: 脊椎 (sekitsui)
- Hyponyms: 頸椎 (keitsui), 胸椎 (kyōtsui), 腰椎 (yōtsui), 仙椎 (sentsui), 尾椎 (bitsui)
- Holonym: 脊柱 (sekichū)
- Meronym: 横突起 (ōtokki)
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