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spinal

/spaɪ.nəl/
/spaɪ.nl̩/

Rhymes with -aɪnəl

Where it comes from

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.

adjective

not comparable Of or relating to the spine. spinal injury
not comparable Of or pertaining to the spinal cord.
not comparable (of a frog or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact surgically isolated spinal cord.

noun spinals

colloquial A spinal anesthesia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: spinal anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia, spina, vertebral, cerebrospinal, vertebrate, medullary, bone, marrow, chiropractic, pith, column, cerebro, vertebrae, spinous, axial

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adj related to the spine

Español	espinal, vertebral
中文	脊的 jǐ de
Português	espinal, espinhal, vertebral
Français	spinal
Deutsch	Rückgrat-, spinal
Italiano	spinale
Ελληνικά	νωτιαίος notiaíos
Română	spinal
Русский	спинно́й spinnój, хребе́тный xrebétnyj, позвоно́чный pozvonóčnyj
العربية	فِقْرِيّ fiqriyy, فِقَرِيّ fiqariyy

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@misc{spinal_2026,
  title = {spinal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spinal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}