spinal : Idioms & Phrases

• the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb.

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Cer`e*bro-spi"nal adjective

Etymology

Cerebrum + spinal.

Definitions

1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

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• (Physiol.), a serous fluid secreted by the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

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• . See under Cerebro-spinal.

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• (Med.), a dangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease, characterized by inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, giving rise to severe headaches, tenderness of the back of the neck, paralysis of the ocular muscles, etc. It is sometimes marked by a cutaneous eruption, when it is often called spotted fever. It is not contagious.

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• (Med.), an affection in which patches of hardening, produced by increase of the neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Called also multiple, disseminated, ∨ insular, sclerosis.

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• noun sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children
  Friedreich's ataxia.
  

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• noun arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve
  accessory nerve; nervus accessorius; eleventh cranial nerve.
  

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• the eleventh pair of cranial nerves in the higher vertebrates. They originate from the spinal cord and pass forward into the skull, from which they emerge in company with the pneumogastrics.

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• 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
  spinal anaesthesia; spinal.
  

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• noun an anesthetic that is injected into the spine
  spinal anaesthetic.
  

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• 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
  spinal anaesthesia; spinal.
  

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• noun an anesthetic that is injected into the spine
  spinal anaesthetic.
  

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• noun the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes
  canalis vertebralis; vertebral canal.
  

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• noun the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
  rachis; spine; vertebral column; backbone; back.
  
  • the fall broke his back

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• the backbone, or connected series or vertebræ which forms the axis of the vertebrate skeleton; the spine; rachis; vertebral column.

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• noun a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region
  medulla spinalis.
  

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• the great nervous cord extending backward from the brain along the dorsal side of the spinal column of a vertebrate animal, and usually terminating in a threadlike appendage called the filum terminale; the spinal, or vertebral, marrow; the myelon. The nervous tissue consists of nerve fibers and nerve cells, the latter being confined to the so-called gray matter of the central portions of the cord, while the peripheral white matter is composed of nerve fibers only. The center of the cord is traversed by a slender canal connecting with the ventricles of the brain.

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• noun an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column
  

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• noun clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord
  cerebrospinal fluid.
  

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• noun correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization
  fusion.
  

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• noun any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)
  nervus spinalis.
  

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• noun removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
  spinal puncture; lumbar puncture.
  

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• noun removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
  spinal puncture; lumbar puncture.
  

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• noun veins that drain the spinal cord
  vena spinalis.
  

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