spinal

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.

• IPA^(key): /spaɪ.nəl/, /spaɪ.nl̩/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

spinal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) Of or relating to the spine.
   1. Of or pertaining to the spinal cord.
   2. (zoology) (of a frog or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact surgically isolated spinal cord.

• neuraxial

• spondylo-
• vertebro-

spinal (plural spinals)

1. (medicine, colloquial) A spinal anesthesia.

• “spinal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “spinal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• -splain, Aplins, Lipans, Pinals, Plains, lapins, plains, splain

Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis, from Latin spīna.

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spinal (feminine spinale, masculine plural spinaux, feminine plural spinales)

1. (anatomy) spinal

• “spinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis, from Latin spīna.

• IPA^(key): /ʃpiˈnaːl/, /spiˈnaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

spinal (strong nominative masculine singular spinaler, not comparable)

1. spinal

spinal (not comparable)

1. spinal

Borrowed from French spinal, Late Latin spīnālis, from Latin spīna. Doublet of the inherited spinare.

spinal m or n (feminine singular spinală, masculine plural spinali, feminine and neuter plural spinale)

1. spinal