spina bifida manifesta

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Spina bifida in which the vertebral defect is apparent and may be associated with a meningeal or spinal cord anomaly.spina bifida aperta

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Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

They encourage the proliferation of bifida, a very important kind of bacteria.
It’s the End of the World Unless We All Start Cooking|Rachel Khong|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The course was divided down the centre by a low wall, called the spina, which was adorned with various sculptures.
Architecture|Thomas Roger Smith
At the age of twenty-two, Ancilla turned a dancer and Spina became a singer.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Along the transverse axis ran a fence (spina) separating the return course from the starting one.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4|Various

The sentence is very obscure, but the allusion must be to the dolphins, the figures of which were placed upon the spina.
The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
It seems that in a corresponding place near the other end of the spina figures of dolphins were used for the same purpose.
The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)