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spi·nal

 (spī′nəl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or situated near the spine or spinal cord; vertebral: spinal injury.
2. Resembling a spine or spinous part.
n.
An anesthetic injected into the spinal cord to induce partial or complete anesthesia.

spi′nal·ly adv.
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spinal

(ˈspaɪnəl)
adj
1. (Anatomy) of or relating to the spine or the spinal cord
2. (Zoology) denoting a laboratory animal in which the spinal cord has been severed: a spinal rat.
n
(Surgery) short for spinal anaesthesia
ˈspinally adv
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spi•nal

(ˈspaɪn l)

adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or belonging to a spine, esp. the backbone.
n.
2. a spinal anesthetic.
[1570–80; < Late Latin spīnālis= Latin spīn(a) a spine + -ālis -al1]
spi′nal•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.spinal - anesthesia of the lower half of the bodyspinal - 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
regional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia - loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth)
saddle block anaesthesia, saddle block anesthesia - the parts of a patient's body that would touch a saddle if the patient were sitting in one are anesthetized by injecting a local anesthetic into the spinal cord
Adj.1.spinal - of or relating to the spine or spinal cord; "spinal cord"; "spinal injury"
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Translations
فِقْري
hřbetnípáteřní
gerinc-
hrygg-
chrbticový
bel kemiği ile ilgiliomurgaya ait

spinal

[ˈspaɪnl]
A. ADJespinal, vertebral
B. CPD spinal column Ncolumna f vertebral
spinal cord Nmédula f espinal
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spinal

[ˈspaɪnəl] adj [injury] → de la colonne vertébrale; [nerve] → spinal(e); [fluid] → spinal(e)spinal column ncolonne f vertébralespinal cord nmoelle f épinière
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

spinal

adjRücken-, Rückgrat-, spinal (spec); spinal injuryRückgratverletzung f

spinal

:
spinal column
nWirbelsäule f
spinal cord
nRückenmark nt
spinal fluid
spinal marrow
nRückenmark nt
spinal meningitis
nSpinalmeningitis f
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spinal

[ˈspaɪnl] adjspinale
spinal injury → lesione f alla spina dorsale
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spine

(spain) noun
1. the line of linked bones running down the back of humans and many animals; the backbone. She damaged her spine when she fell.
2. something like a backbone in shape or function. the spine of a book.
3. a thin, stiff, pointed part growing on an animal or a plant.
ˈspinal adjective
of or concerned with the backbone. a spinal injury.
ˈspineless adjective
1. of an animal, having no spine; invertebrate.
2. of a person, having a weak character; easily dominated.
ˈspiny adjective
full of, or covered with, spines. a spiny cactus.
spinal cord
a cord of nerve cells running up through the backbone.
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spi·nal

a. espinal, raquídeo-a, rel. a la médula espinal o a la espina o columna vertebral;
___ anesthesiaanestesia raquídea;
___ canalcanal raquídeo;
___ cordmédula ___;
___ fluidlíquido cefalorraquídeo;
___ fusionfusión ___;
___ muscular atrophyatrofia muscular ___;
___ puncturepunción ___;
___ shockchoque ___;
___ stenosisestenosis ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

spinal

adj espinal, raquídeo
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References in classic literature ?
Now, I consider that the phrenologists have omitted an important thing in not pushing their investigations from the cerebellum through the spinal canal.
Sherrington, by experiments on dogs, showed that many of the usual marks of emotion were present in their behaviour even when, by severing the spinal cord in the lower cervical region, the viscera were cut off from all communication with the brain, except that existing through certain cranial nerves.
Instead of being hurt, denying, defending himself, begging forgiveness, instead of remaining indifferent even--anything would have been better than what he did do--his face utterly involuntarily (reflex spinal action, reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of physiology)--utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile.
Carbury, confined to the sofa by a spinal malady, had been hitherto dependent on her niece for one of the few pleasures she could enjoy, the pleasure of having the best new novels read to her as they came out.
I believe he thrusts pins through the heads of rabbits, he makes fowls eat madder, and punches the spinal marrow out of dogs with whalebone."
The poor little wretch had a wart on his left eye, his head placed directly on his shoulders, his spinal column was crooked, his breast bone prominent, and his legs bowed; but he appeared to be lively; and although it was impossible to say in what language he lisped, his cry indicated considerable force and health.
With respect to the horse, I have collected cases in England of the spinal stripe in horses of the most distinct breeds, and of all colours; transverse bars on the legs are not rare in duns, mouse-duns, and in one instance in a chestnut: a faint shoulder-stripe may sometimes be seen in duns, and I have seen a trace in a bay horse.