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spinal cord

noun

Definition of spinal cord

as in vertebra

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Recent Examples of spinal cord The rare condition damages the spinal cord’s protective myelin sheath and disrupts nerve signals between the brain and body. — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Continue reading … STORIED LEGACY — RFK granddaughter dead at 42 after spinal cord injury. — FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Doctors consider factors like symptom history, specific patterns in MRIs of the brain and spinal cord, neurological exams and eye, blood and spinal fluid testing to piece together what’s happening. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026 More specifically, in MS, the immune system damages myelin, the protective coating around the nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spinal cord

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Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing an artery and embedding in a vertebra.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Tuck your hips under, tilting your pelvis back, and slowly lift your hips toward the ceiling one vertebra at a time.

— Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 22 Sep. 2026

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Multiple bulk containers of sauces and dips in walk-in cooler nearest back loading area have unhandled utensils present in product for dispensing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Cornerbacks McDuffie and Jaylen Watson both left against the Chargers because of back and shoulder injuries, respectively.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 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

Definition of spinal column

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