spinal
[ spahyn-l ]
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to a spine or thornlike structure, especially to the backbone.
noun
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
Origin of spinal
1Other words from spinal
- spi·nal·ly, adverb
- in·ter·spi·nal, adjective
- non·spi·nal, adjective
- pre·spi·nal, adjective
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How to use spinal in a sentence
These two groups of bones, interneural and interhæmal, are sometimes collectively called inter-spinals.
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British Dictionary definitions for spinal
spinal
/ (ˈspaɪnəl) /
adjective
of or relating to the spine or the spinal cord
denoting a laboratory animal in which the spinal cord has been severed: a spinal rat
noun
short for spinal anaesthesia
Derived forms of spinal
- spinally, adverb
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