adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a spinal injury (= an injury to the spine )
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The injured boy is being treated for a spinal injury.
spinal column
spinal cord
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
column
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Chiropractic Practitioners deal with the structural relationships between the nerve tissues and the spinal column .
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The central rod is known as the Sushumna and corresponds to the spinal column .
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These are connected vertically to the idol along the spinal column , over the chakras and end at the head.
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The pinioned hands of the condemned man went suddenly white as the noose and the drop snapped his spinal column .
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They had rudimentary spinal columns and became the forerunners of fish.
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At intervals along its length groups of nerve fibres emerge from the spinal column to connect with the peripheral nervous system.
cord
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If sophisticated reflexes can be mediated by the spinal cord , what is the purpose of the brain?
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Or worse: a disk slipped, or the spinal cord snapped?
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For example, it is absent in such diverse conditions as constipation, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and thoracic spinal cord injuries.
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Indeed, all of the brain and spinal cord .
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But Peter's back was broken and his spinal cord damaged.
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Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord due to vitamin B12 deficiency is a treatable condition manifesting sensory ataxia.
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In vertebrates the brain is the much expanded front end of the spinal cord .
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These deliver serotonin to wide areas of the brain and spinal cord .
injury
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Toks Akpata has devoted himself to changing the Laws to reduce the risk of spinal injury .
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When a vicious tackle leaves him blinded from a spinal injury , his life takes the predictable downward trajectory.
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Twenty-four passengers were still being detained in two Dublin hospitals last night with fractures, and one with spinal injuries .
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One of the most distressing aspects of spinal injury is an inability to regulate bowel function.
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The hospital's famous spinal injuries unit will not be affected.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Peter's back was broken and his spinal cord damaged.
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In vertebrates the brain is the much expanded front end of the spinal cord.
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Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord due to vitamin B12 deficiency is a treatable condition manifesting sensory ataxia.
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The ball had entered his body in front and passed out near the spinal cord, paralyzing him in legs and arms.
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The large majority - around 60% - of cases in this group have spina bifida or spinal gaps.
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These deliver serotonin to wide areas of the brain and spinal cord.
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To prevent certain paralysis they needed to perform a series of operations to graft a spinal vertebra.