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rachi- (iou)



rachi- combining form. Also rhachi-, rachio-, rhachio-.
[from RACHIS: see -I-.]
Of or pertaining to a rachis; Medicine of or pertaining to the spine.
rachi'otomy noun (an instance of) surgical incision into the spine; laminectomy: L19.

Fighting (medicine)


fighting


1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. "An host of fighting men." (2 Chron. Xxvi. 11)

2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle.

<zoology> Fighting crab, a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.

Source: Websters Dictionary