vertebro-|ˈvɜːtɪbrəʊ| comb. form, on Greek models, of vertebra, occurring in various terms of Anat., as vertebro-arterial, vertebro-basilar, vertebro-chondral, vertebro-costal, vertebro-femoral, vertebro-iliac, vertebro-sacral, vertebro-sternal. In recent medical and other Dicts.