What is the first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name called?
atlas — (Anat.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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