Meanings
nounspinal cord (plural spinal cords)
plural spinal cords
- anatomyA thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.
Synonyms: medulla spinalis, myelo-, spinal marrow
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region
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Broader
neural structurefuniculus
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Translations
Afrikaans rugmurg
- rugmurgthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Arabic نُخَاع شَوْكِيّ
- نُخَاع شَوْكِيّ (nuḵāʕ šawkiyy)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Bengali সুষুম্নাকাণ্ড
- সুষুম্নাকাণ্ড (śuśumnakanḍo)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Bulgarian гръбначен мо́зък
- гръбначен мо́зък (grăbnačen mózăk)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Catalan medul·la espinal
- medul·la espinalthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Chinese Cantonese 脊髓
- 脊髓 (zek³ seoi⁵)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Chinese Mandarin 脊髓
- 脊髓 (jǐsuǐ)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Czech mícha
- míchathick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Danish rygmarv
- rygmarvthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Dutch ruggenmerg
- ruggenmergthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Esperanto mjelo
- mjelothick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Estonian seljaaju
- seljaajuthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Finnish selkäydin
- selkäydinthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
French moelle épinière, moelle spinale
- moelle épinièrethick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- moelle spinalethick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
German Rückenmark, Myelon
- Rückenmarkthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- Myelonthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Greek νωτιαίος μυελός
- νωτιαίος μυελός (notiaíos myelós)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Hebrew חוט השדרה
- חוט השדרה (khut ha-šidra)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Hindi मेरुरज्जु
- मेरुरज्जु (merurajju)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Hungarian gerincvelő
- gerincvelőthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Icelandic mæna
- mænathick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Indonesian sumsum tulang belakang
- sumsum tulang belakangthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Irish corda an dromlaigh
- corda an dromlaighthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Italian midollo spinale
- midollo spinalethick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Japanese 脊髄
- 脊髄 (sekizui)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Korean 척수
- 척수 (cheoksu)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Latin medulla spinalis
- medulla spinalisthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Latvian muguras smadzenes
- muguras smadzenesthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Lithuanian nugaros smegenys
- nugaros smegenysthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Malay saraf tunjang
- saraf tunjangthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Norwegian Bokmål ryggmarg
- ryggmargthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Persian طناب نخاعی, مغز تیره
- طناب نخاعیthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- مغز تیره (maġz-e tire)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- مغز تیرهی پشت (maġz-e tire-ye pošt)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Polish rdzeń kręgowy
- rdzeń kręgowythick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Portuguese medula espinhal
- medula espinhalthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Romanian măduva spinării
- măduva spinăriithick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Russian спинно́й мозг
- спинно́й мозг (spinnój mozg)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Slovak miecha
- miechathick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Spanish médula espinal
- médula espinalthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Swedish ryggmärg
- ryggmärgthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Tagalog kordong espinal
- kordong espinalthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Tamil தண்டுவடம், முதுகுத்தண்டு
- தண்டுவடம் (taṇṭuvaṭam)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- முதுகுத்தண்டு (mutukuttaṇṭu)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- முள்ளந்தண்டு வடம் (muḷḷantaṇṭu vaṭam)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Thai ไขสันหลัง
- ไขสันหลัง (kăi săn-lăng)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Turkish omurilik
- omurilikthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Ukrainian спинни́й мо́зок
- спинни́й мо́зок (spynnýj mózok)thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Vietnamese tuỷ sống
- tuỷ sốngthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
Welsh llinyn y cefn, madruddyn y cefn
- llinyn y cefnthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- madruddyn y cefnthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- y llinyn arianthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- llinyn y gwegilthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- mwydyn y cefnthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- llinyn gwarthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
- llinyn y gwarthick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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