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Recent Examples of spinal cord
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.
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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
The medication therefore avoids the addictive potential of opioids, which work by binding to opioid receptors throughout the central nervous system, in both the brain and spinal cord.
—Alice Park, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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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
The medication therefore avoids the addictive potential of opioids, which work by binding to opioid receptors throughout the central nervous system, in both the brain and spinal cord.
—Alice Park, TIME, 30 Jan. 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
Noun
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With a towing capacity of 13,200, throw your camper or work trailer on the back and go.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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His stepdaughter, Leah Hennessy, revealed Feb. 10 that Johansen had been battling Stage 4 cancer for a decade, had a brain tumor and had broken his back in a fall just after Thanksgiving.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
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The only tethers holding his head to his body were his neck muscles and spinal column, which came under enormous stress.—
Mike Bianchi,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2025
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Arceneaux experienced headaches, nasal congestion, and intense back pain as her spinal column stretched in microgravity.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 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 4 Mar. 2025.
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