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cauda
(redirected from Cauda equina syndrome)

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Noun1.cauda - any taillike structure
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"

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20) Haldeman and Rubenstein (19) reviewed the literature over a 77-year period and found 10 reports of cauda equina syndrome occurring as a result of lumbar spine manipulation.
For example, cauda equina syndrome is a partial or complete loss of control of the bowel or bladder and sometimes sexual function; it is due to compression of the collection of spinal roots that descend from the lower part of the spinal cord and occupy the vertebral canal below the cord.
 
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