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spinal cord

noun

Definition of spinal cord

as in vertebra

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Recent Examples of spinal cord Awartani was shot in the chest and the bullet ricocheted off his scapula, causing paraplegia in his spinal cord. — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The story of Canadian athlete turned disability activist Rick Hansen propelling his wheelchair 40,075 kilometers around the world in his 1984 Man in Motion tour to raise money and awareness for spinal cord injuries is already legend. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 The evaluations assessed nerve pathway integrity to help diagnose multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, and other conditions. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 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 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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Speaking of dominating running backs, Kenneth Walker III, who came over from the Seahawks after winning Super Bowl MVP, looked like the best offseason addition.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
On game days Araujo gets to the ballpark about 2½ hours before first pitch, pausing in the parking lot to pull on an Angels cap and jersey with his name on the back.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 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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