Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Situated above (dorsad of) the spine or spinal column; dorsal; neural; epaxial.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Situated above the vertebral column.
  • adjective Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Positioned above the spine

Etymologies

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supra- +‎ spinal

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