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- noun Alternative spelling of
spinal cord .
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skipvia commented on the word spinal chord
See the discussion on vocal chords.
March 3, 2009
vendingmachine commented on the word spinal chord
I believe that this is a common MISSPELLING for spinal cord but no way is it a legitimate, alternative spelling.
July 23, 2020
alexz commented on the word spinal chord
the chord spelling was more common in the 19th century. Google Book's ngram viewer is good for checking general word trends,
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=spinal+cord%2Cspinal+chord&year_start=1600&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3
July 23, 2020
bilby commented on the word spinal chord
Wild thing!
You make my spine sing!
July 23, 2020