spinal cord

English

Noun

spinal cord (plural spinal cords)

1. (anatomy) A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.

   Synonyms: medulla spinalis, myelo-, spinal marrow

Translations

thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue

• Afrikaans: rugmurg
• Arabic: نُخَاع شَوْكِيّ m (nuḵāʕ šawkiyy)
• Armenian: ողնուղեղ (hy) (oġnuġeġ)
• Asturian: migollu espinal
• Azerbaijani: onurğa beyni
• Belarusian: спінны́ мозг m (spinný mozh)
• Bengali: সুষুম্নাকাণ্ড (bn) (śuśumnakanḍo)
• Bulgarian: гръбначен мо́зък m (grǎbnačen mózǎk)
• Catalan: medul·la espinal f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 脊髓 (zek³ seoi⁵)

  Hokkien: 龍骨髓 / 龙骨髓 (lêng-kut-chhóe, lêng-kut-chhé, liông-kut-chhóe, liông-kut-chhé)

  Mandarin: 脊髓 (zh) (jǐsuǐ)

• Czech: mícha (cs) f
• Danish: rygmarv c
• Dutch: ruggenmerg (nl)
• Esperanto: mjelo
• Estonian: seljaaju (et)
• Faroese: møna f
• Finnish: selkäydin (fi)
• French: moelle épinière (fr) f, moelle spinale (fr) f
• Galician: medula espiñal (gl) f
• Georgian: ზურგის ტვინი (zurgis ṭvini)
• German: Rückenmark (de) n, Myelon (de) n
• Greek: νωτιαίος μυελός (el) m (notiaíos myelós)
• Gujarati: કરોડરજ્જુ (karoḍrajju)
• Hausa: lakā f
• Hebrew: חוט השדרה f (khut ha-šidra)
• Hindi: मेरूरज्जु (merūrajju), मेरुरज्जु (merurajju)
• Hungarian: gerincvelő (hu)
• Icelandic: mæna (is) f
• Ido: myelo (io)
• Indonesian: sumsum tulang belakang
• Irish: corda an dromlaigh
• Italian: midollo spinale (it) m
• Japanese: 脊髄 (ja) (せきずい, sekizui)
• Kabuverdianu:

  Badiu: medula spinal

  São Vicente: m'dula espinal

• Kannada: ಬೆನ್ನು ಹುರಿ (kn) (bennu huri)
• Kazakh: жұлын (jūlyn)
• Korean: 척수(脊髓) (ko) (cheoksu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dirkepetik, striyebendik m

• Kyrgyz: жүлүн (ky) (jülün)
• Latin: medulla spinalis f
• Latvian: muguras smadzenes f pl
• Lithuanian: nugaros smegenys
• Macedonian: ’рбетен мозок m (’rbeten mozok)
• Malay: saraf tunjang
• Malayalam: സുഷുമ്നാ നാഡി (suṣumnā nāḍi)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: मज्जारज्जू (majjārajjū)
• Navajo: ííghą́ą́tsiighąąʼ, íígháán tsiighąąʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ryggmarg m

  Nynorsk: ryggmerg m

• Pashto: شمزۍ ماغزه
• Persian: طناب نخاعی, مغز تیره (mağz-e tire), مغز تیره‌ی پشت (mağz-e tire-ye pošt)
• Polish: rdzeń kręgowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: medula espinhal (pt) f
• Quechua: ñiqwin
• Romanian: măduva spinării (ro) f
• Russian: спинно́й мозг (ru) m (spinnój mozg)
• Santali: ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱡᱟᱲ (bisijaṛ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кичмена мождина f

  Roman: kičmena moždina f

• Sinhalese: සුෂුම්නාව (suṣumnāwa)
• Slovak: miecha (sk) f
• Slovene: hrbtenjača (sl) f
• Southern Altai: јӱлӱн (ǰülün)
• Spanish: médula espinal (es) f
• Swedish: ryggmärg (sv)
• Tagalog: kordong espinal
• Tamil: முள்ளந்தண்டு வடம் (muḷḷantaṇṭu vaṭam)
• Telugu: వెన్నెముక (te) (vennemuka), వెన్నుపాము (te) (vennupāmu)
• Thai: ไขสันหลัง (th) (kăi săn-lăng)
• Turkish: omurilik (tr)
• Ukrainian: спинни́й мо́зок m (spynnýj mózok)
• Vietnamese: tuỷ sống (vi)
• Volapük: medul
• Welsh: llinyn y cefn m, madruddyn y cefn m, y llinyn arian m (colloquial), llinyn y gwegil m (North West Welsh), mwydyn y cefn m (South Welsh), llinyn gwar m, llinyn y gwar m
• Xhosa: umnqonqo class 3/4