spinal cord injury

collocation in English

meaningsofspinal,cordandinjury

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spinal
adjective
uk
/ˈspaɪ.nəl/us
/ˈspaɪ.nəl/
of ...
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cord
noun
uk
/kɔːd/us
/kɔːrd/
(a length of) rope or string made of ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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(Definition ofspinal,cordandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He fell at the group home where he lives and sustained a spinalcordinjury.
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In the flexible-dosage study in patients with spinalcordinjurypain, 22% of pregabalin and 8% of placebo-treated patients were responders.
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Aging after spinalcordinjury: an exploratory study.
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Comparing two measures of depression in spinalcordinjury.
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The sample comprised patients with hemiparetic stroke, traumatic hemiplegia and spinalcordinjury.
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Other causes of faecal incontinence in older persons are spinalcordinjury, impaired rectal sensation and reservoir capacity, impaired puborectalis function and cognitive impairment.
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Consequently, current investigational therapeutic approaches to repair spinalcordinjuryemploy implantable bridges through which regenerating axons traverse the injury site uninhibited.
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High density lipoprotein cholesterol in individuals with spinalcordinjury.
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This should lead to an improved ability to fabricate bridges for the repair of spinalcordinjury.
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Thus, the time course of microglial activation might be different after peripheral nerve injury and spinalcordinjury.
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Aging and spinalcordinjurywill usually develop reflex voiding.
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Aging and life adjustment after spinalcordinjury.
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Pregabalin in central neuropathic pain associated with spinalcordinjury: a placebo-controlled trial.
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Nowhere does the difference in pressure ulcers among younger spinalcordinjurypatients and elderly patients become so pronounced as in the question of surgical management.
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Aging with spinalcordinjury.
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Pregabalin in central neuropathic pain associated with spinalcordinjury.
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Falls resulting in spinalcordinjury: patterns and outcomes in an older population.
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