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C-spine

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C-spine noun: a neckbrace. Also the abbreviation of cervical spinal immobilization.

Noun

C-spine (countable and uncountable, plural C-spines)

  1. (countable) A neckbrace.
    • When placing a C-spine on you must measure the person's neck precisely.
  2. The position in which a trauma patient's cervical spine is immobilized to prevent possible or further spinal injury.
    • Always maintain C-spine if there is even a chance that someone has hit their head or fallen.

Verb

C-spine (third-person singular simple present C-spines, present participle C-spining, simple past and past participle C-spined)

  1. To immobilize a person's neck and head.
    • His neck is broken you must C-spine him now!

Also used as

C-spine is also the abbreviation of cervical spinal immobilization.

Forms of C-spine

Noun
pluralC-spines
Verb
third-person singular presentC-spines
present participleC-spining
past participleC-spined
pastC-spined

Origin of C-spine

From cervical + spine.

Questions about C-spine

What does C-spine mean?
C-spine means a neckbrace.
What part of speech is C-spine?
C-spine can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of C-spine?
The plural of C-spine is C-spines.

Words near C-spine in the dictionary

  1. c-sharp
  2. C-sharp major
  3. C-sharp minor
  4. c-sharps
  5. C-SPAN
  6. C-spine
  7. C-spined
  8. C-spines
  9. C-spining
  10. C-spot
  11. C-spots

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