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spine

noun as in backbone

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Ms Logan said that Lily's injuries included a broken jaw, a split tongue and four breaks in her spine, which meant that she cannot be moved from hospital.

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A carpet of palm trees has made way for the runway, which stretches along the spine of the north island between the two main villages - La Fourche in the north and Vingt-Cinq further south.

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These include serious burns, trauma to the head and spine and limb amputations.

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One of the bullets brushed his spine and another pierced his bladder, leaving him with a permanent catheter.

The couple were told his bones "weren't really there", his spine was barely developed, his arms and legs were too short and it was unlikely he would survive.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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