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spinous process

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. a spinelike process of a bone, especially the dorsal projection from the center of the arch of a vertebra.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spinous process1

First recorded in 1725–35
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Austria team doctor Anton Wicker said Fanchini broke her right upper arm and had a fracture of the spinous process, while Miklos suffered a right-knee injury.

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The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

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Subspinous, sub-spī′nus, adj. somewhat spinous: under the spinal column, or a spinous process.

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Supraspī′nous, above a spine or spinous process.

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The spinous process, slightly developed in the third cervical vertebra, gradually increases in size to the seventh, the spinous process of which, long and pointed, well deserves the name of the prominent which is bestowed on it; but it should not be forgotten that the spinous process of the axis is equally developed.

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