"spinal" in the noun sense
1. spinal anesthesia, spinal anaesthesia, spinal
anesthesia of the lower half of the body caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord
"spinal" in the adjective sense
1. spinal
of or relating to the spine or spinal cord
"spinal cord"
"spinal injury"
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