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spinal

spi·nal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spahyn-l]
    • /ˈspaɪn l/
    • /ˈspaɪ.nəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spahyn-l]
    • /ˈspaɪn l/

Definitions of spinal word

  • adjective spinal of, relating to, or belonging to a spine or thornlike structure, especially to the backbone. 1
  • noun spinal Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic. 1
  • adjective spinal relating to the spine 1
  • adjective spinal Spinal means relating to your spine. 0
  • adjective spinal of or relating to the spine or the spinal cord 0
  • adjective spinal denoting a laboratory animal in which the spinal cord has been severed 0
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Origin of spinal

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; < Late Latin spīnālis, equivalent to Latin spīn(a) spina + -ālis -al1

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Parts of speech for Spinal

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Spinal

spinal popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for spinal

noun spinal

  • anaesthetic — Anaesthetic is a substance that doctors use to stop you feeling pain during an operation, either in the whole of your body when you are unconscious, or in a part of your body when you are awake.
  • anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
  • general anesthetic — (medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation to the whole body.
  • hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
  • hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.

adjective spinal

  • back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
  • backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
All 10 Synonyms of spinal

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Related words

  • nerve root

    a nerve fiber bundle that emerges from either side of the spinal cord and joins with a complementary bundle to form each spinal nerve in the series of spinal nerves: the root at the rear of the spinal cord (dorsal root or sensory root) conveys sensations to the central nervous system, and the root at the front (ventral root or motor root) conveys impulses to the muscles.

  • spinal block

    spinal anesthesia.

  • lumbar puncture

    Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.

  • pith

    Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.

  • spinal cord

    the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.

  • spinal nerve

    any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
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