Synonyms of spinal column

spinal column

noun

as in spine

a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal

a diagram of the spinal column

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spine
• vertebral column
• back
• spinal cord
• vertebra
• backbone
• chine

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spinal column

The creatures on this list literally lack spinal columns…and yet attain relatively massive proportions. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026

The effect can ripple from your knees to your hips and up your spinal column. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026

Williams then threw Azari into the arm of a couch, causing the infant to bounce and perhaps hit his head on the wall, and causing what a pathologist concluded were injuries consistent with the profound brain bleeding and spinal column fracture the physician found in an autopsy. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026

He was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia in his brain and spinal column and hospitalized over the summer. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 Dec. 2025