spinal
- of, relating to, or belonging to a spine or thornlike structure, especially to the backbone.
- Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
Origin of spinal
Related Words for spinal
opiate, shot, dope, gas, soporific, analgesic, anodyne, hypnosis, inhalant, spinal, hypnotic, narcoticExamples from the Web for spinal
Contemporary Examples of spinal
Ricky was very influenced by This Is Spinal Tap, and I was always a fan of Woody Allen movies.
Stephen Merchant Talks ‘Hello Ladies’ movie, the Nicole Kidman Cameo, and Legacy of ‘The Office’Marlow Stern
November 22, 2014
In an interview with CIR, he admitted to making scores of copies of surgical screws for Spinal Solutions.
One Spinal Solutions sales representative said he suspected Williams was using perks to woo surgeons.
But the FDA allowed Spinal Solutions to continue selling its products while the company tried to shape up, court filings show.
The company had repossessed some of its screws after one U.S. distributor, Spinal Solutions LLC, stopped paying its bills.
Historical Examples of spinal
He said that all such disturbances are acted upon in the spinal cord.
Understanding the ScripturesFrancis McConnell
Balta said, and Murray felt the muzzle of the neuro-pistol on his spinal column.
The Martian CabalRoman Frederick Starzl
"Spinal meningitis," they said laconically, and they were taking him down to the hospital.
The Trail of '98Robert W. Service
The spinal distortion is one of the ordinary consequences of lacing.
The ArenaVarious
He also got tired of waiting and suggested it might be some spinal trouble.
A Labrador DoctorWilfred Thomason Grenfell
spinal
- of or relating to the spine or the spinal cord
- denoting a laboratory animal in which the spinal cord has been severeda spinal rat
- short for spinal anaesthesia
Word Origin and History for spinal
1570s, from Late Latin spinalis, from spina (see spine).
spinal
(spī′nəl)- Relating to or situated near the spinal column or spinal cord.
- Relating to any spine or spinous process.
spine
- See vertebral column.
- Any of various pointed projections, processes, or appendages of animals.
- A sharp-pointed projection on a plant, especially a hard, narrow modified leaf, as on a cactus, that is adapted to reduce water loss. Compare thorn. See more at leaf.