If a physician wanted to put the plural form of the Latin word vertebra in a patient's medical record, he/she would write:
A)vertebrices.
B)vertebrax.
C)vertebraes.
D)vertebrae.

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The correct plural form of the Latin word vertebra is vertebrae. This follows the traditional Latin pluralization rules where the "a" ending is replaced with "ae" to indicate multiples of the same noun.

If a Physician Wanted to Put the Plural Form of the Latin