spinal
adjectiveOf, relating to, or situated near the spine or spinal cord; vertebral.
adjectiveResembling a spine or spinous part.
nounAn anesthetic injected into the spinal cord to induce partial or complete anesthesia.
In anatomy:
Of or pertaining to the backbone, spine, or spinal column; rachidian; vertebral: as, spinal arteries, bones, muscles, nerves; spinal curvature; a spinal complaint.
Pertaining to a spine or spinous process of bone; spinous; as, the spinal point (the base of the nasal spine, or subnasal point): specificallyused in craniometry.
adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral.
adjectiveOf or pertaining to a spine or spines.
adjectivethe eleventh pair of cranial nerves in the higher vertebrates. They originate from the spinal cord and pass forward into the skull, from which they emerge in company with the pneumogastrics.
adjectivethe backbone, or connected series or vertebræ which forms the axis of the vertebrate skeleton; the spine; rachis; vertebral column.