1. Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord
   "spinal cord"; "spinal injury"

1. Anaesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anaesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord
   - spinal anesthesia, spinal anaesthesia

Derived forms: spinals

See also: spinally, spine

Type of: regional anaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], regional anesthesia [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Spinal

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