transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvər-tə-brə, -ˌbrā ]
noun
( plural ver·te·brae -ˌbrā, -(ˌ)brē, -brə ; or -bras )
Etymology: Latin, joint, vertebra, from vertere to turn
Date: 1578
: one of the bony or cartilaginous segments composing the spinal column, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord