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Recent Examples of spinal cord
Despite facing adversity early in life due to a spinal cord injury in 1969, Jim approached each day with positivity and gratitude.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Per the outlet, the court heard from Crown Prosecutor Emma Blizard that the victim — who suffered multiple injuries, including to her spinal cord — will never walk again.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Traumatic injury to the spinal cord can cause diaphragm paralysis, producing orthopnea, which is most severe when both the left and right phrenic nerves are affected—what's known as bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis).
—Soma Mandal, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Their foundation supported causes including nearly $18 million last year to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, a nonprofit hospital specialized in treating patients with spinal cord injuries and brain injuries; the hospital’s Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitation is slated to open this spring.
—Forbes Wealth Team, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Per the outlet, the court heard from Crown Prosecutor Emma Blizard that the victim — who suffered multiple injuries, including to her spinal cord — will never walk again.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Traumatic injury to the spinal cord can cause diaphragm paralysis, producing orthopnea, which is most severe when both the left and right phrenic nerves are affected—what's known as bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis).
—Soma Mandal, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Their foundation supported causes including nearly $18 million last year to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, a nonprofit hospital specialized in treating patients with spinal cord injuries and brain injuries; the hospital’s Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitation is slated to open this spring.
—Forbes Wealth Team, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
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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
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Nix was listed on the Week 13 injury report with a back issue, which has since been diagnosed as a transverse process fracture — a break on the side of a vertebra in the spine.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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The theory, laid out in a study published February 27 in the journal Scientific Reports, is based on examinations of tiny shards found in 2020 inside the skull and spinal column of an individual at Herculaneum–a small port town with a population of around 5,000 people at the time.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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When bending to lift from the floor, force is exerted by the lower back muscles and the vertebral column is the pivot point.—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
30 May 2024
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The researchers dug up a partial vertebral column, composed of 27 vertebrae in total, from a mine in the Kutch District in Gujarat State on India’s western coast.—
Will Sullivan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2024
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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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