spinal column

Questions about spinal column

What does spinal column mean?

spinal column means "the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord".

What is another word for spinal column?

Close synonyms include vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spinal column a common word?

spinal column is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.