What does the word spinal mean?
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1. Relating to any spina or spinous process. 2. Relating to the vertebral column.
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See Intervertebral and Occipito-Spinal.
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[ Latin] Of, pertaining to, or affecting the s. cord, as S. centres, S. arteries, S. apoplexy, S. meningitis; originating in the s. cord or some disease of it, as S. ataxia, S. contracture, S. hemiplegia. S. accessory nerve, the eleventh cranial nerve; consisting of a spinal portion derived from the spinal cord and supplying the trapezius and sterno-mastoid, and of an accessory portion( i. e., accessory to the pneumogastric), which arises from the medulla, and, joining the pneumogastric, supplies the laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles. S. epilepsy, a condition occurring in spastic paraplegia( lateral sclerosis of the s. cord), in which the tonic spasm characteristic of the disease is followed by clonic spasms. S. irritation, form of neurasthenia associated with marked pain and tenderness over the spine. S. nerves, the thirty-one pairs of nerves( viz., 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 coccygeal) originating from the s. cord. Each is connected with the cord by a ventral or motor and a dorsal or sensory root, the latter bearing a ganglion; and each is connected with the adjacent sympathetic ganglia. The nerves supply mobility and sensation to the whole cutaneous surface except that of the face, larynx, and, in part, the neck and head. See( under Nerves, Table of) Cervical, Brachial, Lumbar, and Sacral plexus. S. paralysis, anterior poliomyelitis. S. reflexes, reflexes whose afferent and efferent paths are along the s. nerves.
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Usage examples for spinal
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The spinal chair arrived yesterday when I was at the Lodge. – The Heart of Una Sackville by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
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Inside the office, one of Pickering's engineers was sitting on the middle of his spinal column, a stenograph- phone in one hand and a book in the other. – Uller Uprising by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
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