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adj
Of or pertaining to the back or nape of the neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
The back of the neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Ellipsis of nuchal translucency scan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A neck scale, especially of a lizard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
Borrowed from Medieval Latin nuchālis, from nucha + -ālis, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ, “spinal cord”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
