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spine-board

spine-board is the alternative form of spine board.

Meaning of spine board

Noun

spine board (plural spine boards)

  1. A rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.
    • According to Renn, Murphy, who was semi-conscious at the time, was strapped to the spine board.1974 April 15, Paula Estep, “Youth critically hurt in 150-feet fall here”, in Williamson Daily News, USA, retrieved 03 Aug 2011, page 2

Forms of spine-board

pluralspine-boards

Questions about spine-board

What is spine-board the alternative form of?
Spine-board is the alternative form of spine board.

Words near spine-board in the dictionary

  1. spine ramps
  2. spine road
  3. spine roads
  4. spine-bill
  5. spine-bills
  6. spine-board
  7. spine-boards
  8. spine-chiller
  9. spine-chillers
  10. spine-chilling
  11. spine-tailed swift

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