Spinal

Definition: Spinal

Spinal

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord; "spinal cord"; "spinal injury".

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.

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

Date "spinal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Etymology: Spinal \Spi"nal\, adjective. [Latin expression spinalis, from spina the spine: compare to the French expression spinal. See Spine.]. (Websters 1913)

Medicine

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

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Spinal

Centrality

Adjective: central, centrical; middle; azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric; middlemost; rachidian; spinal, vertebral.

Crosswords: Spinal

Danish (spinal), French (spinal), German (spinal), Romanian (spinal).

And inside the lump, he finds teeth, and a spinal column. (My Big Fat Greek Wedding; writing credit: Nia Vardalos)

Malignant spirochetes infect your bloodstream, eventually spreading to your spinal fluid and on into the brain. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I could be giving you a spanking and accidentally snap your spinal cord. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

Stops the brain from sending nerve messages down the spinal cord within thirty seconds. (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

Well, aside from the fact that most magic shop owners in Sunnydale have the life expectancy of a Spinal Tap drummer, have you ever run a store before? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

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References

• The Official Parent's Sourcebook on Spinal Muscular Atrophy (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• A Balancing Act--Living With Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia (reference)

• Cerebral and Spinal Computed Tomography (reference)

• Therapeutic Exercise for Spinal Segmental Stabilization: In Lower Back Pain (reference)

• Toxicologic, Pharmacodynamic and Kinetic Studies Following Spinal Administration of U Opioid, B Gaba and A2 Adrenergic Agonists (Acta Biomedica lovani (reference)

• Spinal Afferent Processing (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Spinal Column (reference)

• Sekitsui Sekizui Janaru = Spine And Spinal Cord (reference)

• Spinal Cord (reference)

• Topics In Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation (reference)

• Canadian Spinal Research Organization Membership (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• This Is Spinal Tap - Criterion Collection (reference)

• Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind Music Videos (reference)

• The Return of Spinal Tap (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• This Is Spinal Tap [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae in spinal fluid after treatment with penicillin. FA stain (digitally colorized). Pneumococcus, Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

Escherichia coli in spinal fluid. FA stain (digitally colorized). Credit: CDC.

Note the herpetic lesions on the palmar surface of the left ring finger. Living in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord, under stressful conditions, the herpes viruses migrate along the pathways of peripheral nerve distribution. Credit: CDC.

Histology of normal anterior horn neurons of cervical spinal cord. Cresyl violet stain. Credit: CDC.

This patient had developed a perforating ulcer of great toe resulting from tabes dorsalis, a form of neurosyphilis. This condition results from the destruction of the dorsal columns in the spinal cord, normally responsible for ones position sense. Credit: CDC.

Neurosyphilis is a slowly progressive and destructive infection of the brain and spinal cord that occurs in untreated syphilis. Image shows bipolar, elongated microglia or rod cells characteristic of paretic neurosyphilis; Hortega Silver stain; Mag. 950X. Credit: CDC.

This image shows severe demyelinization of the posterior columns of the spinal cord due to long-standing syphilis disease. This can result in a staggering, wide-based gait, postural instability, pain and paresthesias; Myelin stain; magnification 450X. Credit: CDC.

Cresyl violet stain, used here to stain this section of cervical spinal cord, bonds well with acidic components that comprise the neuronal cytoarchitecture such as ribosomes, nuclei and nucleoli. Credit: CDC.

The poliovirus has an affinity for the anterior horn motor neurons of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Death of these cells causes muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons. Credit: CDC.

When spinal neurons die, Wallerian degeneration takes place resulting in muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons (denervated). The degree of paralysis is directly correlated to the number of deceased neurons. Credit: CDC.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Delivers drugs into the spinal fluid. (references)

People sometimes refer to it as spinal meningitis. (references)

Several types of cells carry out spinal cord functions. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

On March 1, he had no feeling in his legs when he was taken to the Air Force Central Hospital; his spinal column was injured and he was unable to walk normally at year's end. (references)

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Expressions using "spinal": Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome ♦ Bulb of the spinal cord ♦ herediatry spinal ataxia ♦ hereditary spinal ataxia 2.Friedreich's disease ♦ spinal accessory ♦ spinal accessory nerves ♦ spinal anaesthesia ♦ spinal anaesthetic ♦ spinal anesthesia ♦ spinal anesthetic ♦ Spinal Attunement ♦ Spinal balancing ♦ spinal canal ♦ spinal coloumn ♦ spinal column ♦ spinal cord ♦ Spinal Cord Compression ♦ Spinal Cord Diseases ♦ Spinal Cord Injuries ♦ Spinal Cord Ischemia ♦ Spinal Cord Neoplasms ♦ Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases ♦ spinal curvature ♦ Spinal Curvatures ♦ Spinal Dysraphism ♦ spinal fluid ♦ Spinal Fractures ♦ spinal fusion ♦ Spinal Injuries ♦ spinal marrow ♦ spinal muscle ♦ Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood ♦ spinal muscular atrophy ♦ spinal nerve ♦ Spinal Nerve Roots ♦ Spinal Nerves ♦ Spinal Osteophytosis ♦ Spinal Puncture ♦ spinal reflex ♦ spinal shock ♦ Spinal Stenosis ♦ spinal tap ♦ spinal vein. Additional references.

Beginning with "spinal": spinal-injury.

Ending with "spinal": cerebro-spinal, cortico-spinal.

Containing "spinal": Cerebro-spinal fever, Cerebro-spinal fluid, Cerebro-spinal meningitis, Cerebro-spinal sclerosis.

Albanian

shpinor (dorsal, tergal), kurrizor (vertebral, vertebrate), i shtyllës. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فقري, ‏الخدار الشوكي, ‏شوكي (spiny, thistly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

гръбначен (vertebrate). (various references)

Chinese 

脊�". (various references)

Czech

páteřní. (various references)

Danish

spinal. (various references)

Dutch

spinaal. (various references)

Farsi 

فقراتی , پشتی (Back, Backrest, Hinder, Pad, Pillow), صلبی . (various references)

Finnish

selkäydin (spinal cord). (various references)

French

spinal. (various references)

German

spinal. (various references)

Greek 

σπονδυλικόσ (vertebral), νωτιαίοσ (dorsal, tergal). (various references)

Hebrew 

של עמו�" �"ש�"ר�", קוצי (prickly, thorny). (various references)

Hungarian

gerinc- (spinalis, vertebral). (various references)

Italian

spinale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

脊髄 (spinal chord). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ずいえき (spinal fluid), のうしょう (Agriculture Minister, brain fever, gray matter, spinal fluid), せすじ (back seam, dorsal muscles, seam in the back, spinal column, the muscles along the spine), せきずいし�"けい (spinal nerves), せきずい (spinal chord), せきさく (notochord, rudimentary spinal chord), せきちゅう (spinal column, stone pillar), はいき�" (back seam, dorsal muscles, mammon worship, money-worship, seam in the back, spinal column, the muscles along the spine). (various references)

Korean 

척�" (Vertebra, Vertebrae, Vertebral). (various references)

Manx

craue drommey (backbone, spinal column, spine), coyrd drommey (spinal cord), chingys drommey (lumbago, spinal disease). (various references)

Pig Latin

inalspay

Portuguese

espinal. (various references)

Romanian

spinal. (various references)

Russian 

спинной (dorsal, tergal). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

spinalni, kičmeni (vertebral). (various references)

Spanish

espinal. (various references)

Swedish

ryggrads- (vertebrate). (various references)

Turkish

belkemiğine ait, belkemiği (back, backbone, basis, Chine, rachis, spinal coloumn, spine, vertebral column). (various references)

Ukrainian

спинномозковий, спинний (dorsal). (various references)

Welsh

madruddyn y cefn (spinal cord). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "spinal": spinally, spinals. (additional references)

Words ending with "spinal": cerebrospinal. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Spinal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Epinal, espinal, Opanal, Ospina, pinnal, sepina, shinai, sienal, sinal, Sinaloa, sminal, Spagnol, spanak, spanel, spernal, spina, spindal, spinea, spinel, spinell, spinia, spinna. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lapins, plains.

-1 letter: anils, lapin, lapis, nails, nipas, pails, pains, pians, pinas, plain, plans, slain, snail, spail.

-2 letters: ails, ains, alps, anil, anis, lain, laps, lins, lipa, lips, lisp, nail, naps, nils, nipa, nips, pail, pain, pals, pans, pial, pian, pias, pina, pins, plan, sail, sain, salp, sial, slap, slip, snap, snip, span, spin.

-3 letters: ail.

+1 letter: alpines, caplins, inclasp, lapsing, misplan, palings, paulins, pineals, plaints, planish, plasmin, salpian, salpinx, sapling, spaniel, spinals, spinula, splenia.

+2 letters: alpinism, alpinist, antislip, biplanes, capelins, clasping, displant, elapsing, explains, graplins, impanels, implants, inclasps, jalapins, lampions, landskip, landslip, lapwings, maniples, misplans, misplant, nauplius, nuptials, opalines, painless, paladins, palsying, panelist, panicles, pantiles, pelicans, penalise, pinballs, pintails, pinwales, piscinal, plainest, plashing, plasmins, platinas, platings, pleasing, pralines, psalming, ptyalins, salpians, sampling, sandpile, saplings, scalping, sepaline, siphonal, skiplane, slapping, snappily, spalling, spandril, spaniels, sparling, spinally, spinulae, splaying, splenial, springal, stapling, tailspin, unplaits.