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cervicothoracolumbar

cervicothoracolumbar adjective: of or relating to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar portions of the spine.

Adjective

cervicothoracolumbar (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar portions of the spine.
    • Radiographic examination revealed slight cervicothoracolumbar scoliosis and a transitional vertebra at the lumbosacral junction. Both navicular bones were broad and their medial edges were prominent.1971, Daniel Bergsma, The First Conference on the Clinical Delineation of Birth Defects: Special lectures
    • The relative length of the cervical to the thoracolumbar region was calculated by taking the length of each of these regions as a percentage of the total length of the cervicothoracolumbar region.1978, Canadian Journal of Zoology

Examples of cervicothoracolumbar in a sentence

  • If palpation of the cervicothoracolumbar spine shows any areas of tenderness, appropriate films should be considered before the patient is moved.1987, James M. Hurst, Common Problems in Trauma, Year Book Medical Pub:
  • The cervicothoracolumbar vertebrae are mobile, but the sacral and coccygeal segments are often fused to form the sacrum and coccyx.1995, Marshall B. Allen, Essentials of neurosurgery: a guide to clinical practice, McGraw-Hill Companies:
  • The examiner applies overpressure to the cervical spine to maintain cervicothoracolumbar flexion.2010, Lyle J. Micheli, Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine, SAGE, →ISBN, page 963:
  • […]; however, there are case reports of good outcomes with extended laminectomy and surgical debridement of cervicothoracolumbar SEAs.2012, Edward C. Benzel, Spine Surgery 2-Vol Set: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management (Expert Consult - Online), Elsevier...

Origin of cervicothoracolumbar

From cervico- + thoraco- + lumbar.

Questions about cervicothoracolumbar

What does cervicothoracolumbar mean?
Cervicothoracolumbar means of or relating to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar portions of the spine.
How do you use cervicothoracolumbar in a sentence?
If palpation of the cervicothoracolumbar spine shows any areas of tenderness, appropriate films should be considered before the patient is moved.
What part of speech is cervicothoracolumbar?
Cervicothoracolumbar is an adjective.

Words near cervicothoracolumbar in the dictionary

  1. cervicoscopy
  2. cervicospinal
  3. cervicothoracal
  4. cervicothoracic
  5. cervicothoracoabdominal
  6. cervicothoracolumbar
  7. cervicothoracolumbosacral
  8. cervicotomies
  9. cervicotomy
  10. cervicotrigeminal
  11. cervicotype

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