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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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| Spinelli's operation |
the operation of splitting the anterior wall of the prolapsed inverted uterus, reversing the organ, and restoring it to the correct position.
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Vertebrae (singular: vertebra) are the individual bones that make up the vertebral column (aka spine), is a flexuous and flexible column.There are thirty-three (33) vertebrae in humans, including the five that are fused to form the sacrum and the four coccygeal bones.The upper three regions comprise the remaining 24, and are grouped under the names cervical (7 vertebrae), thoracic (12 vertebrae) and lumbar (5 vertebrae), according to the regions they occupy. ...
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| spine sign |
disinclination to flex the spine anteriorly on account of pain; seen in poliomyelitis.
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Hard, sharp structure on the surface of a plant; usually a modified leaf.
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