spinal
pronunciation
How to pronounce spinal in British English:
UK [ˈspaɪnl]
How to pronounce spinal in American English:
US [ˈspaɪnl]
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- Noun:
- 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
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the spine or spinal cord
Word Origin
- spinal (adj.)
- 1570s, from Late Latin spinalis "of or pertaining to a thorn or the spine," from Latin spina (see spine). Spinal tap recorded from 1960.
Example
- 1. Japanese scientists healed spinal injuries in marmosets .
- 2. That 's why paralysis from a spinal injury is a lifelong disability .
- 3. Our spinal cord is not merely a trunk line transmitting phone calls from the brain .
- 4. The infections resulted from spinal injections of contaminated steroids , such as methylprednisolone acetate .
- 5. The incidence of transient neurologic symptoms after spinal anesthesia with mepivacaine .