adjective
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resembling a spine or thorn
the spinous process of a bone
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having spines or spiny projections
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another word for spinose
Other Word Forms
- interspinous adjective
- multispinous adjective
- postspinous adjective
- spinousness noun
- subspinous adjective
Etymology
Origin of spinous
Example Sentences
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Follicles oblong or ovate, often somewhat muricate with soft spinous projections.
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The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
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These spinal pains are always aggravated by pressure made on either side of the spinous processes of the vertebr�, and, like the cephalic pains, are more or less mitigated by revulsive applications.
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The spinous processes of the anterior thoracic region are high and compressed.
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In these cases the peduncles may persist and may even be modified into spinous organs of defence.
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