Spinal

//spaɪ.nəl// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spinal anesthesia. colloquial
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the spine. not-comparable

    "spinal injury"

  2. 2
    Of or relating to the spine.; Of or pertaining to the spinal cord. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or relating to the spine.; (of a frog or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact surgically isolated spinal cord. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the spine or spinal cord wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
rachidialspinal anaesthesiaspinal anesthesiaspinal anesthesiavertebral

Example

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"Central nervous system consists of brain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and spinal cord."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis (“of or belonging to the spine”), from spīna (“a prickle, spine”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, spine + -al.

Related phrases

Spinal Tap-ianspinal arteryspinal boardspinal butterfly rayspinal canalspinal columnspinal cordspinal disc herniationspinal fluidspinal ganglionspinal marrowspinal muscular atrophy

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