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paraspinal

paraspinal adjective: adjacent to the spine.

Adjective

paraspinal (not comparable)

  1. adjacent to the spine

Origin of paraspinal

From para- + spinal.

Words formed from paraspinal

Words that rhyme with paraspinal

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Questions about paraspinal

What does paraspinal mean?
Paraspinal means adjacent to the spine.
What part of speech is paraspinal?
Paraspinal is an adjective.

Words near paraspinal in the dictionary

  1. paraspeckles
  2. parasperm
  3. parasphenoid
  4. parasphenoidal
  5. parasphenoids
  6. paraspinal
  7. paraspinally
  8. paraspinous
  9. parasplenial
  10. parasporal
  11. parasporal bodies

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