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脊髄 (せきずい, sekizui) Japanese meaning: spinal cord | Kotomora

脊せき髄ずい

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き

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

spinal cord

Anatomical term for the bundle of nerves inside the spine.

脊せき髄ずいは脳のうと体からだの各かく部ぶをつなぐ神しん経けいの

束たば

です

。

The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that connects the brain to various parts of the body.

事じ故こで脊せき髄ずいを損そん傷しょうした。

He injured his spinal cord in an accident.

Usage patterns

脊せき髄ずいを損そん傷しょうするto injure/damage the spinal cord
事じ故こで脊せき髄ずいを損そん傷しょうした。
He damaged his spinal cord in the accident.
脊せき髄ずいに麻ま酔すいを打うつto give a spinal anesthetic injection
手しゅ術じゅつの前まえに脊せき髄ずいに麻ま酔すいを打うった。
They gave a spinal anesthetic before the surgery.

Kanji

脊stature, height, spine
髄marrow, pith, essence

Don't confuse with

脊せき椎つい
脊椎 is the bony spine (vertebrae) that surrounds and protects it, while 脊髄 is the bundle of nerves running inside that bony column.
髄ずい
脊髄 means the spinal cord, a specific anatomical structure, not simply marrow, even though it is written with 髄.
骨こつ髄ずい
骨髄 (bone marrow, inside bones) and 脊髄 (spinal cord, inside the spine) share the kanji 髄 and are often confused, but they are anatomically distinct structures.

Word family· 16

脊せき髄ずい炎えん
myelitis; inflammation of the spinal cord
脊せき髄ずい癆ろう
tabes dorsalis; locomotor ataxia
脊せき髄ずいネコ
spinal cat; spinalized cat
脊せき髄ずい切せつ断だん
spinalization; cordotomy

Written forms

脊せき髄ずいUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for 'spinal cord'.
せきずいUsage1%

Etymology

From 脊 (せき, 'spine') + 髄 (ずい, 'marrow'). The reading せきずい is a straightforward kanji compound.

脊せき髄ずい反はん射しゃ

spinal reflex

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脊せき髄ずい圧あっ迫ぱく
spinal cord compression
脊せき髄ずい梗こう塞そく
spinal cord infarction
脊せき髄ずい硬こう膜まく
spinal dura mater
脊せき髄ずい神しん経けい
spinal nerves
脊せき髄ずい腫しゅ瘍よう
spinal cord tumor; spinal tumor

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