noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sent a chill down...spine (= made her very frightened )
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There was something in his tone that sent a chill down Melissa’s spine .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cervical
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Plain radiographs of the cervical spine in flexion and extension will allow recognition of atlantoaxial subluxation and subaxial subluxation.
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A cervical spine x-ray should always be done to rule out fracture and / or subluxation.
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The cervical spine in rheumatoid arthritis Needs careful assessment Rheumatoid arthritis commonly affects the cervical spine, causing several well defined deformities.
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Probably he thinks the blood vessels of my brain are as hardened as my cervical spine .
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Because of its superior contrast capabilities magnetic resonance imaging is the current first choice technique for assessing instability of the cervical spine .
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The cervical spine in rheumatoid arthritis Needs careful assessment Rheumatoid arthritis commonly affects the cervical spine, causing several well defined deformities.
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These high rates reflect the anatomy of the cervical spine and the dynamic forces that act on it.
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Deformities of the cervical spine are seen most often in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of more than 10 years' duration.
dorsal
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The dorsal arm spines are the longest nearly two arm segments in length, the ventral arm spines are much shorter.
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The caudal fin is yellow-brown, and the dorsal spine and long snout are orange.
long
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The long spines of the sea urchins protect them from most predators.
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The long , stout spines are an unusual feature which discriminates this species from other gastropods.
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Some species possess poison bags near the tips of the long , brittle spines .
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The lateral arm plates also carry a series of long bristle-like spines , dorsal to the arm spines.
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Their skin was stretched out between long spines , which seems to have acted as a cooling radiator.
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The longer spines are mace-like; with a slightly rugose body and a head with multiple points.
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Note the long pointed tail spine .
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Some variations had extended trailing edges and consequently longer spines .
■ VERB
curve
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As they straighten, curve the spine and pull in the tummy, as if you have just received a blow.
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Ventral arm spins may be slightly flattened and in some the arm spine may be curved .
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Lying on your tummy, raise your head and shoulders, curving the spine , inch by inch.
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Slowly raise your head and shoulders, curving your spine , inch by inch, without straining.
form
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On the proximal arm segment the arm spines meet midradially forming a single fan.
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A thin, pale orange tissue covers inch-long spines that form comb rows around a thin stalk.
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The arm spines do not form a fan on the proximal joints.
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In some specimens the arm spines form a fan on the proximal arm segment.
run
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She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.
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The chills running up his spine penetrated the marrow of his bones.
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Julie again felt a shiver run up her spine .
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Some describe it as a red-eyed E. look-alike with porcupine quills running down his spine .
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A shiver ran up Auguste's spine .
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As for Philippa, so for him, a shiver of apprehension ran down his spine .
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I felt a small chill run down my spine .
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It was like taking a step back into the past, and for a moment a little shiver ran down her spine .
send
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The nightmare of being wrongly accused and convicted of a crime certainly sends shivers down my spine .
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Their wild, excited calling sent shivers down my spine as they continued on their journey south.
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The Octopus Back Massager will send shivers down his spine .
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Even the digression up to Cajamarca now seemed in retrospect more like an adventure than something to send shivers down the spine .
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We both kept waiting for the moment when the experience would overwhelm us and send chills up our spines .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine
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Stephen King's novels have sent shivers up readers' spines for more than 20 years.
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He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.
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We both kept waiting for the moment when the experience would overwhelm us and send chills up our spines.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hedgehogs' backs are covered with stiff, sharp spines.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For months he had hung between life and death, with a bullet in his spine .
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Her spine twisted; in her dreams she twisted, turning toward that clearing again, again.
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Hold that stretch, pulling and elongating the spine from the very base out of the hips, chin to chest.
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It could be toxoplasmosis spreading through his spine .
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Now he was scheduled to undergo a second surgery the next day to repair nerve and disc damage in his spine .
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Plain radiographs of the cervical spine in flexion and extension will allow recognition of atlantoaxial subluxation and subaxial subluxation.
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The posture puts an unnatural stress on the spine and shortens the neck.