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In this retrospective review, the researchers examined the past medical records of 114 chronic pain patients who had spinal cord stimulation (SCS) or intrathecal pain pump (ITP) implants.
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New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Another diagnostic option involves measuring amyloid beta and certain modified forms of tau in the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, but collecting this fluid requires a lumbar puncture, which many people find too invasive.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Also commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a degenerative disease that impacts the motor neurons of the brain and spinal cords, with a life expectancy of two to five years after symptoms first begin.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
The three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year and member of the Country Music and Songwriters Halls of Fame has battled Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — a group of genetic conditions that affect the nerves connecting the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body — since 2011.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Oct. 2025
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New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Another diagnostic option involves measuring amyloid beta and certain modified forms of tau in the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, but collecting this fluid requires a lumbar puncture, which many people find too invasive.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Also commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a degenerative disease that impacts the motor neurons of the brain and spinal cords, with a life expectancy of two to five years after symptoms first begin.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
The three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year and member of the Country Music and Songwriters Halls of Fame has battled Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — a group of genetic conditions that affect the nerves connecting the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body — since 2011.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
Noun
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Each spike grew directly over and fitted a single, corresponding vertebra.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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The skulls now rest on Theo’s bookshelf, flanked by nature’s curiosities: eggshells, feathers, polished stones, a whale vertebra discovered on the beach.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There is growing optimism that the global oil glut—exacerbated by ongoing OPEC production hikes—will peak in the first half of 2026, allowing for the industry to rebound in the back half of next year, CEOs said.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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One that’s without obvious world class centre-backs in the absence of Gleison Bremer.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Both neck shots had hit solidly but had missed the spinal column.—
Bob Cary,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2025
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Inside the operating room To correct his spine, John needed rods placed on either side of his spinal column along 13 vertebrae.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Although many of its bones were unearthed from the Morrison Formation in Colorado in 2021-2022, its skull and parts of its vertebral column were missing, leaving scientists unsure of its precise length.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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The Chicago fossil possesses the only vertebral column of an Archaeopteryx, which includes two tiny vertebrae at the tip of the tail, showing there were a total of 24 vertebrae, one more than previously thought.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2025
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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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