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Recent Examples of spinal cord
Your body's brain and spinal cord are surrounded by three layers of membranes known as the meninges.
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
TCAs, like amitriptyline (Elavil), are primarily used to treat depression but also work by increasing the levels of certain neurotransmitters like serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain and spinal cord.
—New Atlas, 22 Apr. 2025
Veteran actor Eric Dane shared that he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
There also will be clinical services, including physical and occupational therapies, speech pathology services, and specialized programs dedicated to neurological, stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and amputation rehabilitation.
—Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
TCAs, like amitriptyline (Elavil), are primarily used to treat depression but also work by increasing the levels of certain neurotransmitters like serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain and spinal cord.
—New Atlas, 22 Apr. 2025
Veteran actor Eric Dane shared that he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
There also will be clinical services, including physical and occupational therapies, speech pathology services, and specialized programs dedicated to neurological, stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and amputation rehabilitation.
—Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
Noun
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According to the church, Pastor Edwards suffered fractures to his sternum, clavicle and a vertebra in his back.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The bike’s impact with the trench’s far wall jammed his body against the seat and shattered a vertebra in his lower back.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Dec. 2015
Noun
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My mattress feels like new as the panels holding it up keep the bed firm to support my back.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
12 May 2025
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But for the time being, the eyes of new running backs coach Eric Bieniemy, Johnson and Poles are mostly on Monangai.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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In the embryo, pigment-producing cells emerge at the point where the spinal column will later develop.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2025
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The team found that, in mice, the early development of the head and the peripheral nerves (those outside of the brain and spinal column) follows common patterns seen in other jawed vertebrates.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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The vertebral column comprises individual vertebral bones with spinal discs between each bone.—
Jennifer Steinhoff,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2025
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Shimada’s team used incomplete fossils of the megalodon’s vertebral column and compared them to the bodies of 165 other living and extinct shark species to extrapolate the animal’s size.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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