What's the difference between spile and spine?

Spile


Definition:

  • (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
  • (n.) A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
  • (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
  • (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

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Spine


Definition:

  • (n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
  • (n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
  • (n.) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
  • (n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
  • (n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated previous LBP or back pain in another location of the spine were strongly associated with LBP during the study year.
  • (2) In contrast, the ryanodine receptor is observed in dendritic shafts, but not in the spines.
  • (3) We reviewed the results of intraoperative monitoring of short-latency cortical evoked potentials in 81 patients who underwent surgical procedures of the cervical spine.
  • (4) Unrecognized flexion injuries of the cervical spine may lead to late instability and neurologic damage.
  • (5) The present case indicates that the possibility of osseous spines impinging on the facial nerve should be considered in all cases of facial spasm.
  • (6) The results of conventional sciatic nerve stretching tests are usually evaluated regardless of patient age, gender or movements of the hip joint and spine.
  • (7) The correlation of posterior intervertebral (facet) joint tropism (asymmetry), degenerative facet disease, and intervertebral disc disease was reviewed in a retrospective study of magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine from 100 patients with complaints of low back pain and sciatica.
  • (8) Lumbosacral spine films revealed only minimal degenerative changes, while lumbar myelogram showed L4-L5 and L5-S1 ventral extradural defects.
  • (9) This paper presents a comparison of the diagnostic value of CT studies and conventional radiological diagnosis, based on 46 CT studies, in patients with inflammatory bone lesions of the spine (n = 20) before and after surgical interventions (n = 12).
  • (10) Specimens from the bone marrow taken were by trephine biopsy from the sternum, ala ossis ilii and spine.
  • (11) Quite the contrary, in cases of higher nervous activity disturbances, destruction of the organelles and desintegration of spine apparatuses is clearly pronounced.
  • (12) The left scapula in each dog was treated by open reduction and plating of the scapular spine.
  • (13) In general, the cerebellum showed a much delayed developmental pattern with regard to Purkinje cell spine formation.
  • (14) The effects exerted on the cervical spine by a traction of 150 N was studied by means of an improved radiographic technique.
  • (15) In the perineuronal neuropil of large pyramidal neurons (layers V-VI) there appear symmetric synapses with pyramidal cells, dendritic processes and dendritic spines.
  • (16) For conservative treatment of injuries of the cervical spine, two different methods are available: The HALO fixator and the collar.
  • (17) Whereas in flexion stress all methods showed a sufficient stability, the rotation tests proved, that in case of a dorsal instability of the lower cervical spine, posterior interlaminar wiring or anterior plate stabilization showed no reliable stabilization effect.
  • (18) Recommendations are made suggesting closer scrutiny of this region of the spine.
  • (19) Differentiation from synovial or ganglion cysts of the spine is discussed.
  • (20) To avoid the complications attributable to the cervical spine, we recommend roentgenographic examination in all neurofibromatosis patients who are about to have general anesthesia or skull traction for treatment of scoliosis.