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spi·nal
 spinal
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- pronunciation:
- spaI
n
 l
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, affecting, or near the spine or spinal cord.
spinal columnspinal meningitis |
| definition 2: |
like a spine; spiny.
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(adj.)spinal
+ noun
abnormality,
alignment,
amputation,
anaesthesia,
anesthesia,
arthritis,
atrophy,
bone,
canal,
cancer,
chord,
clinic,
column,
compression,
cord,
covering,
cowboy,
curvature,
damage,
defect,
deformity,
density,
disc,
dish,
disk,
disorder,
extension,
fluid,
fracture,
function,
fusion,
implant,
injury,
introduction,
joint,
lesion,
ligament,
manipulation,
marrow,
meningitis,
metastasis,
mobility,
motion,
needle,
nerve,
neuron,
osteoporosis,
paralysis,
pathology,
patient,
presentation,
recovery,
regeneration,
resonance,
root,
rotation,
scan,
stenosis,
substance,
surgeon,
surgery,
tap,
therapy,
tract,
trauma,
tuberculosis,
tumor,
twist
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a spinal anesthetic.
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| derivation: |
spinally (adv.) |
The word spinal
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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