spinal(n = noun.state) spinal anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia - anesthesia 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;
is a kind of regional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia
has particulars: saddle block anaesthesia, saddle block anesthesia
spinal(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to the spine or spinal cord; "spinal cord"; "spinal injury"
Derived forms noun spine5, noun spine1
1. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral. [1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to a spine or spines. [1913 Webster]
spinal, adj. of or relating to the spine (spinal curvature; spinal disease).
Idiom:
spinal canal a cavity through the vertebrae containing the spinal cord. spinal column the spine. spinal cord a cylindrical structure of the central nervous system enclosed in the spine, connecting all parts of the body with the brain.
Derivative:
spinally adv.
Etymology:
LL spinalis (as SPINE)
N centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.
herediatry spinal ataxia, spinal accessory, spinal anaesthesia, spinal anaesthetic, spinal anesthesia, spinal anesthetic, spinal canal, spinal column, spinal cord, spinal curvature, spinal fluid, spinal fusion, spinal nerve, spinal puncture, spinal tap, spinal vein