Synonyms for spinal cord
spinal cord

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1. spinal cordnoun

   Synonyms:
   spinal marrow, medulla spinalis

2. spinal cordnoun

   A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.

   Synonyms:
   medulla spinalis, spinal marrow

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1. spinal cord, medulla spinalisnoun

   a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region

   Synonyms:
   medulla spinalis

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1. • Funiculus
   • Neural Structure

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1. spinal cord

   Synonyms:
   myelon, myel

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1. Anthony Fauci:

   There are only individual case reports of significant neurological damage to people not just the fetuses but an adult that would get infected. Things that they call meningoencephalitis, which is an inflammation of the brain and the covering around the brain, spinal cord damage due to what we call myelitis, so far they look unusual, but at least we've seen them and that's concerning.

2. Peter Wilderotter:

   We're really excited. We think the future looks very bright for those with spinal cord injuries.

3. Darius Paduch:

   It’s due to the vagal reflex, in which a nerve signal from your testicles travels up your spinal cord and brain stem and activates the nausea and vomiting centers in your brain.

4. Miguel Nicolelis:

   What we didn't expect and what we observed is that some of these patients regained voluntary control of muscles in the legs below the level of the lesion and regained sensitivity below the level of the spinal cord injury.

5. Fox News:

   We go for a swim, we take a few dives and I hit my head on the bottom of the pool, the amazing thing is there was not even a cut on my head. It just hit at precisely the angle where all the force was transmitted to one spot … the cervical vertebrae which severed the spinal cord.