Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as supraspinous, 2.

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

  • adjective (Anat.) Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

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

  • adjective anatomy Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

Etymologies

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supra- +‎ spinate

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