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As a phono-semantic compound, 椎 combines the semantic wood radical 木, indicating an original wooden object, with the phonetic component 隹, providing the pronunciation. Its initial meaning was a wooden mallet or striking tool. Later, due to the resemblance of spinal bones to stacked, knobby objects, the term shifted anatomically to denote the individual vertebrae.
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我的颈椎很疼。
他伤了腰椎。
医生检查他的脊椎。
颈椎病需要及时治疗。
腰椎手术风险较高。
椎间盘突出很常见。
脊椎动物都有椎骨。
老年人容易患骨质疏松症，影响椎骨。