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Meanings of back in English
The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord.
Synonyms
Examples for "spine"
Examples for "spine"
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However, the risk in orthopedic surgery remains unclear, especially in spine surgery.
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It wasn't the New Age talk that sent shivers up my spine.
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Therefore, the animal's internal organs hang from the spine in proper order.
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The spine should simply include author name, book title and company name.
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Conclusions: Clinical cervical spine tests can support the diagnostic process for CST.
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Dairy products remained the backbone of exports, and fruit exports were strong.
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They are the backbone of all drama; and I love drama inordinately.
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THERE was no doubt that mothers were the backbone of Irish society.
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Unlike in other countries, reserve forces are the backbone of Israel's military.
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The President and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their backbone.
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The ovicells arise from the back of the rachis towards the side.
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Ovicell pedunculate ovoid, adnate to the rachis, with a lateral opening.
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Barbs showed a lower denaturation temperature than rachis and calamus.
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The feathers lacked the well-developed central shaft - a rachis - known from modern birds.
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Mutation of the gene blocks the differentiation of spikelets and makes rachis branches develop unlimitedly.
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The bullet, after traversing the left lung, lodged in the spinal column.
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Tomorrow she's going into hospital for an operation on her spinal column.
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The mind recoils in horror, unable to communicate with the spinal column.
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Each nerve in the spinal column provides input to many muscle fibres.
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The inner mouth struck, spearing into the back of his spinal column.
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The skull develops in the same way as the membranous vertebral column.
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The vertebral column was the most difficult to separate into component parts.
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Other factors could account for the pattern of trauma in Edith's vertebral column.
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In the human vertebral column there are usually thirty-three vertebrae.
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The vertebral column was fractured in more than one place.
Portuguese
às avessas Usage of back in English
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However, Australian industry bodies and state governments back new investment in agriculture.
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People are getting back to work, a North Sea trade source said.
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That takes away the power to use good information to fight back.
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The government says the future will be different; they will come back.
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Already, this week has seen BP scale back its North Sea operation.
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Financial problems forced it to scale back its route network last year.
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O'Grady said: We're at risk of going back to 19th-century working conditions.
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Fishing boats were called back to port from the South China Sea.
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Which brings us back to possible parallels with Europe's Thirty Years' War.
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Example: You injured your back in January of 1997 while at work.
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He asked the army to help bring the situation back to normal.
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A booming economy, job growth, returning migrants: the good times are back.
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They went back to work today with better pay and better conditions.
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We believe that Britain needs to get back its democracy, he said.
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The problem: This was impossible according to the thinking back in 1895.
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The authorities' main concern back then was the safety and fire regulations.
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Translations for back
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Back across language varieties
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