How to Use spina bifida in a Sentence

spina bifida

noun
  • She was born with a rare spinal cord defect called spina bifida.
    — Tyler Horka, SI.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Sprenger was born without legs or her right arm, and has spina bifida.
    — cleveland, 28 July 2023
  • Moore was born with spina bifida and is a full-time wheelchair user.
    — Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • She had been born with spina bifida and other spinal problems.
    — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
  • 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
  • She was born with a club foot and spina bifida, which caused paralysis from her knee to her foot in her right leg.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Romanchuk, who was born with spina bifida, grew up in Maryland.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Nelson's son was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 21 June 2020
  • Cameron Wright, a member born with spina bifida, said the program gives him more than just a game.
    — Nicole Nielsen, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The tongue of the shoe features a spine graphic and a blue spina bifida awareness ribbon adorns the heel.
    — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Henry was born with spina bifida, causing part of his spinal cord to project out of his back at birth, Erin said.
    — Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Indeed, one or two jars always contains a fetus that had spina bifida.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • Colton has spina bifida and is paralyzed from the knees down, Robinson said.
    — Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, 17 Feb. 2020
  • The new findings may also shed light on a type of neural tube defect in embryos known as spina bifida.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Children with spina bifida could have trouble walking or running due to their lack of lower leg strength.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 June 2019
  • The doctor explained that the baby might have a neural tube defect, such as spina bifida.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The infant had been born with spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal cord doesn't fully develop.
    — Todd Richmond, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • At 15 weeks, another blood test, for anomalies such as spina bifida.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022
  • Yates has spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal cord doesn't develop properly.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 6 Feb. 2022
  • His son Mohammed, who was born in Syria with spina bifida, had two surgeries.
    — Stephen Magagnini, sacbee, 4 Nov. 2017
  • The youngest hunter at last year’s event was 13-year-old Missy Cowley who has spina bifida.
    — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • In second place was Aaron Wheelz, the wheelchair daredevil who was born with spina bifida.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Folic acid is also used to fortify flour and grain products, to help prevent neural tube defects like spina bifida in the womb.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Folate, a B vitamin, promotes a healthy heart and reduces the risk of the birth defect spina bifida.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
  • This puts them at higher risk of having children born with birth defects of the brain and spinal cord, most commonly spina bifida and anencephaly.
    — Ana B. Ibarra, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024

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