Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

c-spine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: c-spine
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable

noun

The position in which a trauma patient's cervical spine is immobilized to prevent possible or further spinal injury.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of cervical spinal immobilization.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To immobilize a person's neck and head.

Example Sentences

"When placing a C-spine on you must measure the person's neck precisely."
"Always maintain C-spine if there is even a chance that someone has hit their head or fallen."
"His neck is broken you must C-spine him now!"

Etymology

From cervical + spine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

C-spines (plural) C-spines (present, singular) C-spining (participle, present) C-spined (participle, past) C-spined (past)

Questions

What does c-spine mean?: A neckbrace.
Where does c-spine come from?: From cervical + spine.

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