What does spinal mean?

Definitions for spinal
ˈspaɪn lspinal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spinal anesthesia, spinal anaesthesia, spinaladjective

    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. spinaladjective

    of or relating to the spine or spinal cord

    "spinal cord"; "spinal injury"

Wiktionary

  1. spinaladjective

    of or relating to the spine

  2. Etymology: From spīnālis, from spīna.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Spinaladjective

    Belonging to the back bone.

    Etymology: spina, Latin.

    All spinal, or such as have no ribs, but only a back bone, are somewhat analogous thereto. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    Those solids are entirely nervous, and proceed from the brain, and spinal marrow, which by their bulk appear sufficient to furnish all the stamina or threads of the solid parts. Arb.

    Descending careless from his couch, the fall
    Lux’d his joint neck and spinal marrow bruis’d. Philips.

ChatGPT

  1. spinal

    Spinal refers to anything related to the spine or spinal cord, which is the elongated, tubular structure composed of nervous tissue and supporting structures, extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal down to the small of the back. The term "spinal" can be used in various contexts such as medical conditions (spinal injury), anatomical structures (spinal column), or medical procedures (spinal tap).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spinaladjective

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

  2. Spinaladjective

    of or pertaining to a spine or spines

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

Wikidata

  1. Spinal

    Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  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.

Editors Contribution

  1. spinal

    Relating to the spine.

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


    Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020  

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Anagrams for spinal »

  1. lapins

  2. plains

  3. Plains

  4. 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. Alberto Esquenazi:

    Individuals who have spinal cord injuries not only lose motor control but also the ability to move their joints … they have no idea where their legs are in relation to space.

  2. Susan Harkema:

    This should change our thinking about people with paralysis, it's phenomenal. This new knowledge is giving us the tools to develop new strategies and tools for recovery in people with chronic spinal injuries.

  3. Aleema Shivji:

    We are likely to find spinal cord and head injuries as well as people with multiple fractures ... and we expect to see a large number of amputations, it is important that wounds are taken care of immediately to avoid the risk of permanent disability.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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