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Added 10 October 2026

spinal

/spaɪ.nəl/ noun

Latin root: spīnālis Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about spinal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

adjective

Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord.
spinal cord

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis (“of or belonging to the spine”), from spīna (“a prickle, spine”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, spine + -al.

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