Synonyms:
spinal
Meaning: of or relating to the spine or spinal cord; "spinal cord"; "spinal injury"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
spinal_anesthesia, spinal_anaesthesia, spinal
Meaning: 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
Usage examples
He was bitten too near the top of the spinal column, and came too late!'"
This simple act renders the spinal cord insensitive, which condition may be maintained for hours without injuring the patient.
It is possible that the white-fish's spinal column and flopping tail had interfered with his vision, and in launching himself he may have mistaken the dark, round opening of the cistern for its dark, round cover.
But then, just as the strange soothing feeling was putting him back to sleep, the hairs changed their soft caress and a dozen of them plunged into his spinal cord and upward into that small old-brain where all the bogies of the stone age still cowered.