Spine or Spinal may refer to:
Science and medicine
- backbone, Vertebral column in anatomy (protects the spinal cord)
- Spinal anaesthesia, a type of regional anaesthetic
- Lumbar puncture, a colloquial term for which is a spinal tap
- Spine (Journal), a bi-weekly peer review journal of spine surgery
- Spinal cord, the bundle of nerve cells and nerve fibers within the vertebral column
- Spine (botany), needle-like structures in plants
- Spine (mathematics), a codimension one structure associated to a compact manifold obtained by collapsing said manifold with one point removed
- Spine (zoology), needle-like structures in animals
- Dendritic spine, a specialized postsynaptic protrusion in dendrites implicated in learning and memory through synaptic plasticity
- SPINE (molecular biology), an acronym for Strep-Protein INteraction Experiment, a method for the detection of protein protein interactions
Other uses
- The Spine, a set of national services used by the NHS Care Record Service (an electronic patient record system)
- Courage, "having a spine" (see for example the word spineless)
- Spine (archery), a measure of stiffness
- The Spine, a 2004 They Might Be Giants album, including the songs "Spine" and "Spines"
- Spinal Tap (band), a semi-fictional heavy metal band
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- Spinal (Killer Instinct), a fictional character from the video game Killer Instinct
- Spine a demon in Blood Beast of the Demonata saga
Dictionary
spine
-noun
- A person or thing's backbone; the series of bones collectively from one's (literal or figurative) head to tail or pelvis.
- A rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.
- Courage or assertiveness.
- The narrow, bound edge of a book.
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