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Definition of Spinate
1. a. Bearing a spine; spiniform.
Definition of Spinate
1. bearing thorns [adj]
Medical Definition of Spinate
1. Spined; having spines. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinate
Literary usage of Spinate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplementary Appendix to Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper (1891)
"The smallest (1*8 long) has a distinct spine with four spinate elevations along
its upper surface, and which a,v stronger than the similar elevations in the ..."
2. Supplementary Appendix to Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper (1891)
"The smallest (1'8 long) has a distinct spine with four spinate elevations along
its upper surface, and which are stronger than the similar elevations in the ..."
3. A System of Surgery by Samuel David Gross (1864)
"44, and between the infra-spinate and small teres muscles. ... The principal
obstacles to the replacement are the supra-spinate, subscapular, large teres, ..."
4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"... more decidedly spinate in young specimens. Opercular spine strong, in young
specimens equal in length to that of the shoulders ; pectoral fin does not ..."
5. A System of Surgery: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1866)
"The principal obstacles to the replacement are the supra-spinate, subscapular,
large teres, and great pectoral muscles, ..."
6. A System of Surgery: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1882)
"... in the direction of the long tendon of the biceps, from three to four inches
in length, detaches the subscapular and spinate muscles, opens the capsule ..."
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