Spina bifida

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed.

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Spina
SPINA(Σπίνα, Strab.; Σπῖνα, Steph. B.: Eth. Σπινάτηςand Σπινίτης), an ancient city of Italy, situate...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
spina
spīna, ae, f. [root spī, whence also spicna, spīca, spinus], a thorn. I Lit.: cum lubrica serpens E...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
spina
spīna ae, f SPI-, a thorn : spinae acutae, V.: spinis conserto tegmine nullis, O.— A prickle, spin...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary