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revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods" whirl: cause to spin; "spin a coin" a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) make up a story; "spin a yarn" the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web" a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin" work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk" tailspin: rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing" a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story" prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
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| spinal tap |
lumbar puncture: removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
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| spindle |
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis" any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
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| spine |
spinal column: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" spur: any sharply pointed projection a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
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| spinnbarkeit |
the capacity of a viscous liquid (especially the cervical mucus) to be drawn out into a strand or blown up into a bubble
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