How to Use spinal nerve in a Sentence

spinal nerve

noun
  • So far, most of those treatments have focused on stimulating spinal nerves for controlling pain and the vagus nerve for epilepsy and depression.
    IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Radiculopathy occurs when something presses on a spinal nerve, causing a sharp, burning, shooting pain; numbness; or weakness along the nerve's pathway.
    Brandi Jones, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
  • After the accident, which crushed three of Bal’s thoracic vertebrae and shredded a spinal nerve, Bal adjusted to life in a wheelchair.
    IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2019
  • Another electrode array on the spinal cord (6) stimulates the spinal nerves during this process, in hopes of encouraging regrowth and repair.
    Chad Bouton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2021
  • One such affliction is Tay-Sachs, a disease that disproportionately affects people of Ashkenazi descent and destroys brain and spinal nerve cells.
    New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025

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