spinal

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/spaɪ.nəl//spaɪ.nl̩/

adjective

Of or relating to the spine.

“spinal injury”

Similar
spinal anesthesiaspinal anaesthesia
OriginLate Latin spīnālis →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

adjectivespinal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOf or relating to the spine.

    spinal injury

    1. not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the spinal cord.
    2. not comparableanatomy(of a frog or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact surgically isolated spinal cord.
nounspinal (plural spinals)

plural spinals

  1. colloquialmedicineA spinal anesthesia.

Synonyms & antonyms

Broader
neuraxial

nounanesthesia 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

Similar
spinal anesthesiaspinal anaesthesia
Broader
regional anesthesiaregional anaesthesia
Also see
rachidialvertebral

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Late Latinspīnālis“of or belonging to the spine”
  2. Englishspinal

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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Translations

Arabic فِقْرِيّ, فِقَرِيّ
  • فِقْرِيّ (fiqriyy)related to the spine
  • فِقَرِيّ (fiqariyy)related to the spine
Bulgarian гръбначен
  • гръбначен (grăbnačen)related to the spine
Chinese Mandarin 脊的
  • 脊的 (jǐ de)related to the spine
Czech páteřní, spinální
  • páteřnírelated to the spine
  • spinálnírelated to the spine
Esperanto spina
  • spinarelated to the spine
Finnish spinaalinen, selkäydin-
  • spinaalinenrelated to the spine
  • selkäydin-related to the spine
French spinal
  • spinalrelated to the spine
German Rückgrat-, spinal
  • Rückgrat-related to the spine
  • spinalrelated to the spine
Greek νωτιαίος
  • νωτιαίος (notiaíos)related to the spine
Hungarian gerinc-
  • gerinc-related to the spine
Indonesian spinal
  • spinalrelated to the spine
Italian spinale
  • spinalerelated to the spine
Polish kręgowy
  • kręgowyrelated to the spine
Portuguese espinal, espinhal
  • espinalrelated to the spine
  • espinhalrelated to the spine
  • vertebralrelated to the spine
Romanian spinal
  • spinalrelated to the spine
Russian спинно́й, хребе́тный
  • спинно́й (spinnój)related to the spine
  • хребе́тный (xrebétnyj)related to the spine
  • позвоно́чный (pozvonóčnyj)related to the spine
Slovak chrbticový, chrbtový
  • chrbticovýrelated to the spine
  • chrbtovýrelated to the spine
  • spinálnyrelated to the spine
Spanish espinal, vertebral
  • espinalrelated to the spine
  • vertebralrelated to the spine
Ukrainian хребе́тний
  • хребе́тний (xrebétnyj)related to the spine

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with spinal

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

spinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinal

MLA

“spinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinal.

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