spinal injury
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspinalandinjury
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spinal
adjective
uk/ˈspaɪ.nəl/us/ˈspaɪ.nəl/
of ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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(Definition ofspinalandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The figures from 1980 to 1986 refer to deaths and discharges from units for younger physically disabled andspinalinjuryunits.
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The same can be said forspinalinjuryspecialties and many others.
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Spinalinjuryservices will receive a total revenue allocation of £15·4 million in 1990–91, compared with an allocation of £14·4 million in 1989–90.
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I can cite a specific example of a 45-year-old man who has recently become confined to a wheelchair because of aspinalinjury.
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Someone with aspinalinjurywho is a wheelchair user will require very different adaptations from someone with partial sight.
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Wholly reliable estimates of the number of sufferers are not available: not allspinalinjurypatients need long-term hospital care.
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Travel times are of great importance, especially in cardiac cases and for those injured in severe accidents involving brain orspinalinjury.
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Imagine what it is like when an ambulance carries someone with aspinalinjury.
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I refer particularly to thespinalinjuryunits and their crucial importance to people with spinal injuries.
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For example, if a region finds itsspinalinjuryunit unprofitable will it then close it down?
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It is too early to specify how manyspinalinjuryunits will request additional funds for psychologists or peripatetic nurses.
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I am president of aspinalinjuryassociation which deals with some of the most disabled people in society—many paralysed from the neck down.
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Within two weeks of being transferred to aspinalinjuryunit this patient was feeding himself; hitherto he had not been able to do this.
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The penalty for error in lifting a person with aspinalinjuryincorrectly can be paralysis for life.
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The research that we are debating could lead to cures for macular degeneration in the eyes, leukaemia, sickle cell anaemia—and other immuno-deficiencies—andspinalinjuryproblems.
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There is a shortage of physiotherapists, who have a particular role to play in the treatment ofspinalinjurypatients.
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If a stevedore has aspinalinjury, he loses his capacity to work.
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The accommodation was for a 19 year-old man who had suffered aspinalinjuryin a motor accident.
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Will thespinalinjuryunits which look after patients who are paralysed from breaking their back and neck still be funded by central government?
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I have in mind one case in particular of a man who had a seriousspinalinjuryin 1911.
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