spinal column

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After the first neck injury in 2019, Vander Esch was diagnosed with a narrow spinal column and underwent fusion surgery.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

He severed a nerve between my uterus and spinal column that reduced my pain and dramatically improved my quality of life.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2023

Many US citizens travel to Mexico for cosmetic procedures such as liposuction, breast augmentation and Brazilian butt lifts, which all require the injection of an anaesthetic into the area around the spinal column.

From BBC • May 27, 2023

These events conspicuously occur before the evolution of major novelties like the spinal column in vertebrates, flowers in plants, and fermentation in yeast.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2023

The very first chords which Mademoiselle Reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down Mrs. Pontellier’s spinal column.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin