spinal
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
spinal (not comparable)
- (anatomy, zootomy) Of or relating to the spine.
- Of or pertaining to the spinal cord.
- (zoology) (of a frog or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact surgically isolated spinal cord.
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
- anospinal
- audiospinal
- bulbospinal
- cerebellospinal
- cerebrospinal
- ciliospinal
- coeruleospinal
- corticospinal
- craniospinal
- diencephalospinal
- encephalospinal
- epispinal
- extraspinal
- hemispinal
- holospinal
- hypothalamospinal
- infraspinal
- interspinal
- intraspinal
- medullospinal, medullispinal
- midspinal
- musculospinal
- neurospinal
- nonspinal
- olivospinal
- opticospinal
- paraspinal
- perispinal
- postspinal
- prespinal
- propriospinal
- reticulospinal
- sacrospinal
- spinal artery
- spinal board
- spinal butterfly ray
- spinal canal
- spinal column
- spinal cord
- spinal disc herniation
- spinal fluid
- spinal ganglion
- spinalize, spinalise
- spinally
- spinal marrow
- spinal muscular atrophy
- spinal nerve
- spinal tap
- Spinal Tap-ian
- spinospinal
- subspinal
- supraspinal
- tectospinal
- thoracospinal
- transspinal
- trigeminospinal
- vestibulospinal
Translations edit
Noun edit
spinal (plural spinals)
- (medicine, colloquial) A spinal anesthesia.
References edit
- “spinal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “spinal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis, from Latin spīna.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
spinal (feminine spinale, masculine plural spinaux, feminine plural spinales)
Further reading edit
- “spinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis, from Latin spīna.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
spinal (strong nominative masculine singular spinaler, not comparable)
Declension edit
Positive forms of spinal (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist spinal | sie ist spinal | es ist spinal | sie sind spinal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spinaler | spinale | spinales | spinale |
genitive | spinalen | spinaler | spinalen | spinaler | |
dative | spinalem | spinaler | spinalem | spinalen | |
accusative | spinalen | spinale | spinales | spinale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spinale | die spinale | das spinale | die spinalen |
genitive | des spinalen | der spinalen | des spinalen | der spinalen | |
dative | dem spinalen | der spinalen | dem spinalen | den spinalen | |
accusative | den spinalen | die spinale | das spinale | die spinalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spinaler | eine spinale | ein spinales | (keine) spinalen |
genitive | eines spinalen | einer spinalen | eines spinalen | (keiner) spinalen | |
dative | einem spinalen | einer spinalen | einem spinalen | (keinen) spinalen | |
accusative | einen spinalen | eine spinale | ein spinales | (keine) spinalen |
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
spinal (not comparable)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French spinal, Late Latin spīnālis, from Latin spīna. Doublet of the inherited spinare.
Adjective edit
spinal m or n (feminine singular spinală, masculine plural spinali, feminine and neuter plural spinale)
Declension edit
Declension of spinal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | spinal | spinală | spinali | spinale | ||
definite | spinalul | spinala | spinalii | spinalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | spinal | spinale | spinali | spinale | ||
definite | spinalului | spinalei | spinalilor | spinalelor |