nucha

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The foramens will be done on your nucha - there is an especially sensitive range of a brain.

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  1. noun The nape of the neck.

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  1. Middle English, spinal cord, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic nuḫā', marrow, spinal cord; see mḫḫ in Semitic roots.

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  1. Middle Latin: see nuke.
 

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/ˈnjukə/
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