"spinous process" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spinous processes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spinous process (plural spinous processes)
  1. (anatomy) A bony process of a vertebra that projects posteriorly from the neural arch and serves as attachment for muscles and ligaments. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: neural spine Translations (bony process of a vertebra that projects posteriorly from the neural arch): okahaarake (Finnish), Dornfortsatz [masculine] (German), tövisnyúlvány (Hungarian), processo spinoso [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-spinous_process-en-noun-CH-wL63C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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