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[spahyn-l] / ˈspaɪn l /


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Every week, he came into the hospital to get a spinal injection, and he was also prescribed pills to take at home.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

The model was deliberately designed without a brain or spinal cord.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

Worthing FC owner George Dowell MBE, who has a spinal cord injury, says "silly comments" are often to be expected.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

The disease, known as Friedreich ataxia, causes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to gradually deteriorate.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

An MRI scan allows us to look inside a living person's head and see a slice of everything from the throat to the spinal cord.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman


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