spinal

IPA: spˈaɪnʌɫ

noun

  • (medicine, colloquial) A spinal anesthesia.

adjective

  • (anatomy, zootomy) Of or relating to the spine.
  • Of or pertaining to the spinal cord.
  • (zoology) (of a frog or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact surgically isolated spinal cord.
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Examples of "spinal" in Sentences

  • The activity of the spinal cord is similarly depressed.
  • The tip of the spinal needle has a point or small bevel.
  • Spinal manipulation is related to the subject of the article.
  • During spinal shock, the bladder is flaccid and unresponsive.
  • Poliovirus can affect the spinal cord and cause poliomyelitis.
  • It may lead to the compression of the spinal cord and myelopathy.
  • The posterolateral spinal tracts are involved with pernicious anemia.
  • Rise in blood pressure Increased excitability in some spinal reflexes.
  • He suffered a contusion of the spinal cord, a career threatening injury.
  • Myelomalacia is a pathological term referring the softening of the spinal cord.

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