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rachi/o

A word root that means the spine, the vertebral column.

RAY-kee-oh root

What it means

The root in words about the backbone. Rachischisis is a split spine, a severe neural tube defect, and rachialgia is pain in the spine.

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Also writtenrachi-

Related terms

spinal cord

The long bundle of nerves that runs down through the backbone and carries messages between the brain and the body.

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