spinal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to the spine or spinal cord

   Spinal cord.

2. 2
   noun

   anesthesia of the lower half of the body

   Caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord.

3. 3
   adj

   Of or relating to the spine.

   Spinal injury.

4. 4
   noun

   A spinal anesthesia.

Common collocations

• spinal curvature Adjective + noun
• spinal tap Adjective + noun

Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis (“of or belonging to the spine”), from spīna (“a prickle, spine”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, spine + -al.

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