spinal
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- adjective
- /ˈspaɪnəl/
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espinal
- Patients with a spinal cord injury may require extensive rehabilitation to regain mobility.
- spinal cord
- spinal cord injury
- spinal cord lesion
What do you see as the biggest risks to spinal health for everyone in this new world?
- What do you see as the biggest risks to spinal health for everyone in this new world?
- He is an expert in neurology as well as spinal health.
- Please disregard how ugly my spinal curve looks like and just appreciate the finished product instead.
- Originally from Mauritius, went to Oxford, did material science there, then went to Cambridge, got a PhD in spinal research and decided science wasn't for me.
- Now, Victoria had horrific injuries, spinal, you know, she was in intensive care for close to six months.
- So really spinal alignment and the importance of it has been around for thousands of years.
- I don't know why, but I'm picturing spinal fluid to be like cloudy, not cloudy, but like sparkly.
- Break the neck, sever the spinal cord, and death results.
- And as it moved up my spinal cord, it was getting louder.
- He goes he goes, I just had spinal surgery.
- I might have spinal fluid leaking out through my nose.
Examples
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Hospital care for a quadriplegic patient with spinal cord injury costs nearly $24,000 a month.
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And as it moved up my spinal cord, it was getting louder.
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What do you see as the biggest risks to spinal health for everyone in this new world?
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So really spinal alignment and the importance of it has been around for thousands of years.
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And then I remembered my friends that were still in the spinal ward, particularly Maria.
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I'm afraid the cancer has spread to your spinal fluid.
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I want a full cervical and spinal series.
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Since he has a spinal cord injury, that doesn't happen.
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It's also starting to work for repairing spinal cord injuries.
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The clinical trials were conducted at the Spinal Cord Injury Service of six VA Medical Centers.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
Compounds
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A bundle of nerves inside the spine that sends messages between the brain and the body
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A row of bones from the head to the lower back that protect the cord of nerves inside
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A clear, colorless liquid that surrounds and protects the brain and the nerves inside the spine
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A surgery that joins two or more bones in the spine so it stays steady
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A thin body part that sends messages between the spinal cord and a body area
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An injection in the lower back that makes the lower body numb for surgery
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A medicine injected into the spine to make the lower body numb during surgery
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A disease passed down in families that slowly damages the nerves in the spine, causing weak muscles and walking problems
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A nerve that comes out of the spinal cord, joins another nerve, and carries messages to and from the body
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Groups of nerve fibers that come out of the spinal cord on each side
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A bend in the spine that is not normal and can cause pain or health problems
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A medical procedure that takes fluid from the lower spine for tests or treatment
How Spinal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spinal comes from the simple word spine and from spina, an old word meaning 'thorn' or 'backbone', so you can picture the spine like a line of small thorns along the back. So spinal means 'relating to the spine or spinal cord'.