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spinal cord

noun

Definition of spinal cord

as in vertebra

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Recent Examples of spinal cord The evaluations assessed nerve pathway integrity to help diagnose multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, and other conditions. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2026 The crash ultimately brought Dowdell to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, which specializes in treating and rehabilitating people with spinal cord and brain injuries. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 Peripheral neuropathy, which describes any nerve damage outside the brain and spinal cord, can cause numbness, loss of reflexes, difficulty moving, and pain, per Cleveland Clinic. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 Neuralink has implanted wireless chips in the brains of roughly a dozen people, enabling patients paralyzed by spinal cord injuries to control computers with their thoughts. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spinal cord

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Another crash the following season resulted in a fractured vertebra that cost him three more starts.

— Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
She was then hospitalized for 18 days and diagnosed with a burst fracture of her first lumbar vertebra, according to the reports.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

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This time, Florida was strong on offense and defense with running back Jadan Baugh looking like one of the best running backs in the country.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
These back-to-school heroes are crafted out of jersey, and many have kanga pockets at the front (a further allusion to the generation-defining closet staple).

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

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The three siblings share the same spina bifida diagnosis, but the condition — in which the spinal column does not properly fuse in the womb — affects each of them differently.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
In Hrubec’s lab, the malformations took a different form — neural tube defects similar to spina bifida in humans, in which parts of the spinal column fail to close, or anencephaly, where the skull and brain never fully develop.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

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