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nounanesthesia 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
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"spinal cord" "spinal injury"of or relating to the spine or spinal cord
Definition that contains spinal
- back the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- brain that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- float an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- spine the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- bulb lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
- spinal 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 of or relating to the spine or spinal cord
- nucleus any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
- backbone the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- spineless lacking a backbone or spinal column