Definitions for spinal
ˈspaɪn lspinal

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spinal anesthesia, spinal anaesthesia, spinal(adj)

   anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord

2. spinal(adj)

   of or relating to the spine or spinal cord

   "spinal cord"; "spinal injury"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spinal(Adjective)

   of or relating to the spine

   Etymology: From spīnālis, from spīna.

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1. Spinal(adj)

   of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral

   Etymology: [L. spinalis, fr. spina the spine: cf. F. spinal. See Spine.]

2. Spinal(adj)

   of or pertaining to a spine or spines

   Etymology: [L. spinalis, fr. spina the spine: cf. F. spinal. See Spine.]

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1. Spinal

   Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Spinal

   spīn′al, adj. pertaining to the spine or backbone.—n. Spī′na, a spine, the backbone: one of the quills of a spinet: a barrier dividing the Roman hippodrome longitudinally.—adj. Spin′āte, covered with spines or spine-like processes.—Spinal column, the backbone; Spinal cord, marrow, the main neural axis of every vertebrate.

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1. spinal

   Relating to the spine.

   Our spinal cord contributes to our sense of posture and balance.

   Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020  

Anagrams for spinal »

1. plains, Plains

2. lapins

3. splain

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spinal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spinal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of spinal in a Sentence

1. Gregory Taylor:

   The baby had presence of the virus in the cerebrospinal fluid, that’s the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. But at this time the baby is normal.

2. Oscar Nilsson:

   Her skeleton shows she lived a hard life, her spine [may] have suffered from hard labor, resulting in a spinal condition called Schmorls nodes .

3. Salvi Jr.:

   He had a bullet go through some or all of his spinal cord, at least one bullet, jacob Blakes family has holes in Jacob Blakes family stomach. Jacob Blakes family had to have nearly Jacob Blakes family entire colon and small intestines removed.

4. Michael Jacobs:

   The virus re-emerged around the brain and around the spinal column to cause meningitis.

5. Albert Einstein:

   He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

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