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supraspinate

supraspinate adjective: 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.

Adjective

supraspinate (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    • supraspinate fossa
    • supraspinate tendon

Synonyms of supraspinate

Origin of supraspinate

From supra- + spinate.

Questions about supraspinate

What does supraspinate mean?
Supraspinate means 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.
What part of speech is supraspinate?
Supraspinate is an adjective.

Words near supraspinate in the dictionary

  1. supraspecies
  2. supraspecific
  3. suprasphenoidal
  4. supraspinal
  5. supraspinally
  6. supraspinate
  7. supraspinati
  8. supraspinatous
  9. supraspinatus
  10. supraspinous
  11. suprasplenial

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