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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The nuchal ligament is attached to the cervical spinous processes and superiorly to the base of the skull, out to the external occipital protuberance.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The nuchal ligament is attached to the cervical spinous processes and extends upward and posteriorly to attach to the midline base of the skull, out to the external occipital protuberance.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
On the posterior sacrum, the median sacral crest is derived from the fused spinous processes, and the lateral sacral crest results from the fused transverse processes.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
A typical thoracic vertebra is distinguished by its long, downward projecting spinous process.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Cautiously parting its spinous leaves and peering through, the young girl takes a survey, not of the woman, whom she well knows, but of a window—the only one in which there is a light.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
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