How to Use spina bifida in a Sentence

spina bifida

noun
Definition of spina bifidanext
  • The tongue of the shoe features a spine graphic and a blue spina bifida awareness ribbon adorns the heel.
    — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Born with spina bifida, Mr. Burnham walked with a limp and with the aid of crutches and a cane his entire life.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Sprenger was born without legs or her right arm, and has spina bifida.
    — cleveland, 28 July 2023
  • She was born with a rare spinal cord defect called spina bifida.
    — Tyler Horka, SI.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The woman had spina bifida and used a wheelchair to get around, as well as brain trauma.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2019
  • One of his sons has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.
    — New York Times, 17 June 2018
  • The youngest hunter at last year’s event was 13-year-old Missy Cowley who has spina bifida.
    — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Moore was born with spina bifida and is a full-time wheelchair user.
    — Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • Prout, who has been in and out of the hospital his whole life with spina bifida, became a lasting friend.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Romanchuk, was born with spina bifida, said after the race.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Colton has spina bifida and is paralyzed from the knees down, Robinson said.
    — Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, 17 Feb. 2020
  • She had been born with spina bifida and other spinal problems.
    — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
  • The infant had been born with spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal cord doesn’t fully develop.
    — NBC News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The infant had been born with spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal cord doesn't fully develop.
    — Todd Richmond, ajc, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Romanchuk, who was born with spina bifida, grew up in Maryland.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The players’ special needs run the gamut from cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and spina bifida to autism.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • In addition, the two care for an adult son with spina bifida, so the two parents do not want to be recovering from surgery at the same time.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Hart has had spina bifida, a spinal condition, since birth.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The doctor explained that the baby might have a neural tube defect, such as spina bifida.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Wheelz, who was born with spina bifida, says that action sports has been a huge inspiration in his life.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
  • In second place was Aaron Wheelz, the wheelchair daredevil who was born with spina bifida.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • His son Mohammed, who was born in Syria with spina bifida, had two surgeries.
    — Stephen Magagnini, sacbee, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Frazee cited the case of Candice Lewis, a 25-year-old woman who has cerebral palsy and spina bifida.
    — Maria Cheng, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Nelson's son was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 21 June 2020
  • Colton is a 10-year-old with spina bifida from Massachusetts who was chosen to be in Target's in-store ad.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The oldest of her three children, Jeffrey Hunt, who had been born with a mild form of spina bifida, went to the hospital for a routine-seeming surgery.
    — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • LeBrecht, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, is one of the cofounders of 1in4 and featured in the documentary.
    — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
  • This is especially true if the surgery is for conditions like spina bifida, which is when the neutral tube doesn’t close all the way, according to the CDC.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Mike was born with spina bifida, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, is a defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don’t form properly.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The youngest is Rosie (Ruth Madeley), who has spina bifida and two kids from different men, a single mother struggling to make ends meet.
    — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2019

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