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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat spinous or prickly; like a spine to some extent: as, subspinous hairs in the pelage of a mammal.
  • Situated under (ventrad of) the spinal column; hypaxial with reference to the backbone; subvertebral.
  • Situated or occurring below. beneath, or on the under side of a spine, as of a vertebra, or of the scapula: infraspinous: as, a subspinous muscle (the infraspinatus).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Subvertebral.
  • adjective (Med.) Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective anatomy subvertebral
  • adjective medicine Situated beneath a spinous process, such as that of the scapula.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ spinous

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