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Recent Examples of spinal cord
It’s been suggested that epidurals can cause permanent back pain or spinal cord damage.
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Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
When the spinal cord is bruised the dog may be able to heal if the fracture is rapidly repaired.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Moreover, epidural needles do not penetrate the dura mater and so do not come in contact with the spinal cord.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
In the spinal cord, the migration can also cause bowel or bladder dysfunction.
—Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
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Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
When the spinal cord is bruised the dog may be able to heal if the fracture is rapidly repaired.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Moreover, epidural needles do not penetrate the dura mater and so do not come in contact with the spinal cord.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
In the spinal cord, the migration can also cause bowel or bladder dysfunction.
—Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
Noun
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The largest vertebra in that specimen measured 15.5 centimeters (6 inches) in diameter, although there are other megalodon vertebrae in Denmark, for example, with diameters as much as 23 centimeters (9 inches).—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
9 Mar. 2025
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The flying reptile, represented by a vertebra from the neck, was found in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada, in July 2023.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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If yes, instead of knotting your bandana headband below your hairline, tie the ends in the back so the top of your head is fully covered with the rest of the kerchief.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Glamour,
13 Mar. 2025
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Born and raised in the Sunset District of San Francisco, Lee was shot four times in the back and jaw, and suffered injuries which left him disabled.—
Kyle Martin,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Since moving around on land did not require a stiff spinal column, early terrestrial vertebrates evolved flexibility just behind the head, enabling them to widely scan the environment and to direct their mouths toward prey without moving their whole bodies.—
Kent Dunlap,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
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Their work, published in Science Robotics, introduces a novel control approach that combines the natural coordination patterns of our fingers with the decoding of motoneuron activity in the spinal column.—
Kurt Knutsson,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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 26 Mar. 2025.
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