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Definition of Spinous
1. Adjective. Having spines. "The dorsal fin is spinous"
2. Adjective. Shaped like a spine or thorn.
Similar to: Pointed
Derivative terms: Acantha, Spine, Spine, Spine
Definition of Spinous
1. a. Spinose; thorny.
Definition of Spinous
1. Adjective. Having many spines. ¹
2. Adjective. Of a person, difficult to deal with, prickly. ¹
3. Adjective. Of a subject, providing many difficulties, thorny. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spinous
1. spiny [adj] - See also: spiny
Medical Definition of Spinous
1.
1. Spinose; thorny.
2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinous
Literary usage of Spinous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"In these examples we may consider the class of ferula-like plants [and, in general,
that of spinous plants.4] Of spinous wider-shrubs and their differences. ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"They are short, flat, and pass from one spinous process to another. Like the
preceding, they form part of the ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"222) is a strong fibrous cord, which connects the apices of the spinous processes
from the seventh cervical to the spinous processes of the sacrum. ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"Flap containing spinous processes and their connecting ligaments retracted, ...
Л, Transplant held by chromic sutures passed through periosteum of spinous ..."
5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Sarracenia purpurea; longitudinal section through the membrane covered with
spinous bristles in the lower part of the pitcher. ..."
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