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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