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Recent Examples of spinal cord
Insurers frequently limit such sessions to as few as 20 a year, a KFF Health News examination finds, even for people with severe damage such as spinal cord injuries and strokes, who may need months of treatment, multiple times a week.
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Jordan Rau, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
Each spinal nerve starts at the spinal cord and has a specific path down one side of the body.
—Jennifer Steinhoff, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025
New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for these patients, even restoring the capability to walk.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
His right arm, six of his ribs, and his lung had suffered, with a crack on his C2 vertebrae and a spinal cord bruise.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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Jordan Rau, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
Each spinal nerve starts at the spinal cord and has a specific path down one side of the body.
—Jennifer Steinhoff, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025
New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for these patients, even restoring the capability to walk.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
His right arm, six of his ribs, and his lung had suffered, with a crack on his C2 vertebrae and a spinal cord bruise.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
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The largest vertebra in that specimen measured 15.5 centimeters (6 inches) in diameter, although there are other megalodon vertebrae in Denmark, for example, with diameters as much as 23 centimeters (9 inches).—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
9 Mar. 2025
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The flying reptile, represented by a vertebra from the neck, was found in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada, in July 2023.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The passenger who shot him was stabbed in the back and lungs and remains in critical condition, according to CBS News.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The treadmill won as his body rolled onto its side and quickly moved him to the back and off.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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The team concluded that based on the spinal column, the combination of a great white build with the megalodon's much longer length would have simply proved too cumbersome.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
9 Mar. 2025
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Symptoms usually begin as headache, nausea, vomiting and fever, but then can spread to neurological symptoms after the parasite leaves the bloodstream, enters muscle, migrates to peripheral nerves and into the spinal column and brain, doctors said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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The vertebral column comprises individual vertebral bones with spinal discs between each bone.—
Jennifer Steinhoff,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2025
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Shimada’s team used incomplete fossils of the megalodon’s vertebral column and compared them to the bodies of 165 other living and extinct shark species to extrapolate the animal’s size.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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