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spinal

/spaɪ.nəl/noun, adjective2 syllables

Spinal means: 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.

Synonyms for spinal2

noun, as in 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

spinal anesthesia, spinal anaesthesia

What does spinal mean?2

noun

1

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

adjective

1

of or relating to the spine or spinal cord“spinal cord”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with spinal?4

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Spinal in a sentence

  • Central nervous system consists of brain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and spinal cord.unknown
  • After the accident, he suffered a lesion of the spinal cord causing partial paralysis.rul
  • The spinal column is composed of twenty-four bones.AlanF_US
  • Sami could still walk despite damage to his spinal cord.OsoHombre
  • The patient injured his upper cervical posterior spinal artery by sneezing.mccarras
  • The brain and spinal cord give the orders.remline
  • My body became paralyzed as the needle penetrated my spinal cord.felidad
  • Animals with injured spinal cords often lose the ability to move their hind legs.rul

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Forms of spinal

as a noun

plural
spinals