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spina

[ spahy-nuh ]

noun

, Anatomy, Zoology.
, plural spi·nae [spahy, -nee].
  1. a spine or spinelike projection.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spina1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin spīna thorn, backbone; spine
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Example Sentences

Memoirs like Riva Lehrer’s Golem Girl, about spina bifida, and Jami Lin Nakamura’s The Night Parade, about mental illness, use monsters and monstrosity to discuss disability.

From Slate

The 21-year-old was born with spina bifida - a spinal defect - and hydrocephalus, which is a neurological disorder that causes water to gather around her brain.

From BBC

Conditions such as muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and tetraplegia will fall under this classification.

From BBC

They cite research showing that consuming it early in pregnancy drastically cuts down on neural tube birth defects such as spina bifida, and that Latina mothers lag far behind in their intake compared with other ethnicities.

Cases of spina bifida dropped 31% and anencephaly declined by 16% after the fortification mandate, according to a federal study cited in the journal Teratology.

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