spinal column
noun
: the axial skeleton of a vertebrate that consists of an articulated series of vertebrae which extend from the neck to the tail and protect the spinal cord
called also backbone, vertebral column
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a diagram of the spinal column
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Wright followed all of the rules hoping to play for years to come, yet couldn’t control the narrowing of his spinal column.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
Then, a thin needle or piece of wire is inserted into the spinal column to prevent any further muscle movement.
—Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The defendant dismissed was Lyndsey Emery, a former pathologist with the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office who was asked in 2019 to examine a section of Greenberg’s preserved spinal column.
—Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
The populist and segregationist Democrat who famously blocked Black students from entering the University of Alabama wasn’t killed in the attack but ended up paralyzed from the waist down; one of the bullets had lodged in his spinal column, his presidential campaign cut short.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
Then, a thin needle or piece of wire is inserted into the spinal column to prevent any further muscle movement.
—Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The defendant dismissed was Lyndsey Emery, a former pathologist with the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office who was asked in 2019 to examine a section of Greenberg’s preserved spinal column.
—Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
The populist and segregationist Democrat who famously blocked Black students from entering the University of Alabama wasn’t killed in the attack but ended up paralyzed from the waist down; one of the bullets had lodged in his spinal column, his presidential campaign cut short.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
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“Spinal column.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinal%20column. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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