rachio-, rachi-, rach-, rachis-, rhach-, rhachi-, rhachio-

An instrument for measuring curvatures of the vertebral column.

An inflammation of the spinal cord structures.

Equal conjoined twins joined back to back in such a way as to involve fusion of the vertebral columns.

Fusion is usually limited to the cervical and/or upper thoracic regions.

Paralysis of paraspinal muscles.

One kind of disease or disorder of the vertebrae; spondylopathy: Mrs. Big was getting older and had rachiopathy, which was osteopathy of the spine.

A rounded tumor of the skin surface arising over the spine.

Any form of paralysis due to a spinal lesion.

The treatment of scoliosis by the combination of traction and pressure.

A bone cutting instrument for dividing the vertebral laminae.

Laminectomy.

Failure to respond adequately to spinal anesthesia.

Exhibiting resistance to spinal anesthesia.

Pain in the spine; spinal gout; rachiagra: Old Mrs. Smith's back hurt her for quite a while, and when she was examined by her doctor, he said that she had a case of rachisagra, a kind of gout or rheumatic pain in her back..