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Spinal Fusion

Definition: Spinal Fusion

Spinal Fusion

Noun

1. Correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Spinal Fusion

Synonym: fusion (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Spinal Fusion

DomainTitle

Books

  • Techniques in Spinal Fusion and Stabilization (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Spinal Fusion

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Health

In a spinal fusion, the two vertebrae are then fused together. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Spinal Fusion

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

spinal fusion

225

spinal fusion surgery

33

lumbar spinal fusion

29

spinal fusion recovery

10

anterior spinal fusion

6

posterior spinal fusion

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Spinal Fusion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-i-i-l-n-n-o-p-s-s-u"

-3 letters: fissional, infusions, sainfoins, sinfonias.

-4 letters: infusion, insulins, liaisons, pulsions, sainfoin, saponins, sinfonia, sinopias, solanins, unisonal, upsilons.

-5 letters: anilins, fanions, finalis, finials, fission, fusains, fusions, insouls, inspans, insulin, inulins, isospin, liaison, nasions, nauplii, nonplus, nonslip, painful, panfuls, passion, paulins, pinions, pinnula, pulsion, sanious, sannops, sannups, saponin, sinopia, solanin, spinals, spinous, spinula, sponsal, spousal, suasion.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Spinal Fusion


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 70 69 6E 61 6C      46 75 73 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01110000 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000110 01110101 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#112 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#70 &#117 &#115 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0070 0069 006E 0061 006C      0046 0075 0073 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5382758067782408785758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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