| English noun: thoracic vertebra | |||
| 1. | thoracic vertebra (body) one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra | ||
| Synonyms | dorsal vertebra | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | vertebra | ||
| Part meronym | back, dorsum | ||