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Recent Examples of spinal cord
Just two years earlier, Kenneth had been diagnosed with a tumor on his spinal cord, which left him paralyzed from the waist down.
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
The condition is marked by potentially deadly inflammation of the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved the global clinical trial to treat spinal cord injury (SCI), which is estimated to affect more than 15 million people worldwide.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 26 May 2025
In Baltimore, where the police department entered into a consent decree following the 2015 killing of Freddie Gray, who died after suffering a spinal cord injury while in police custody, reform efforts remain ongoing.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 25 May 2025
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
The condition is marked by potentially deadly inflammation of the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved the global clinical trial to treat spinal cord injury (SCI), which is estimated to affect more than 15 million people worldwide.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 26 May 2025
In Baltimore, where the police department entered into a consent decree following the 2015 killing of Freddie Gray, who died after suffering a spinal cord injury while in police custody, reform efforts remain ongoing.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
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While doing some unrelated research years after finding the fossil in storage, Bourque came across an image of a tegu vertebra.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
13 May 2025
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Oldest tegu in North America The road to discovering the new species, and new genus, began when Jason Bourque, the study author and fossil preparator for the Florida Museum of Natural History, came across an unidentified vertebra in storage.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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It can be kicked while kids are on their back, pawed at during tummy time, and played like a real piano (after being tilted up 90 degrees).—
Cameron LeBlanc,
Parents,
5 June 2025
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For those who experience back or hip pain, Troxel suggests sleeping on the back with a pillow under the knees.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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Spinal Stenosis Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal column.—
Kelly Burch Published,
Verywell Health,
12 May 2025
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In the embryo, pigment-producing cells emerge at the point where the spinal column will later develop.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Chicago fossil possesses the only vertebral column of an Archaeopteryx, which includes two tiny vertebrae at the tip of the tail, showing there were a total of 24 vertebrae, one more than previously thought.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 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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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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