SPINA
\spˈiːnə], \spˈiːnə], \s_p_ˈiː_n_ə]\
Definitions of SPINA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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Penis-s. Acida, Oxyacantha Galeni- s. Aegyptiaca, see Acaciae gummi- s. Alba, Carduus marianus, Mespilus oxycantha, Onopordum acanthium- s. Bifida, Hydrorachis- s. Cervina, Rhamnus- s. Domestica, Rhamnus -s. Dorsi, Vertebral column, see Nasus-s. Dorsi introrsum Flexa, Lordosis- s. Ferrea, Pin- s, Helmontii, Aiguillon- s. Hirci, Astragalus verus -s. Infectoria, Rhamnus-s. Nodosa, Rachitis- s. Sphenoidalis, Sphenoidal spine.
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A process on the surface of a bone, which has been compared to the spines or thorns on certain vege-tables. The chief processes of this name are:- the nasal spine, the spine of the scapula, the spine of the ischium, the four iliac spines, the palatine spine, the maxillary, the sphenoid, &c. The spine of the back is the collection of vertebrae constitu-ting the vertebral column.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] Spine; as S. ischii, the spine of the ischium; S. meatus, a pointed process projecting from the temporal bone just above and back of the auditory meatus. S. tegminis, a process of bone in the middle ear over the entrance to the mastoid antrum. S. bifida, an condition in which there is a congential cleft in the posterior wall of the spinal column, especially at its lower part, and the spinal meninges protrude as a cyst-like swelling full of cerebro-spinal fluid. The sac may consist either of meninges only (Meningocele), or consist of cord and meninges (Meningomyelocele), or be formed by distention of the central canal of the cord (Syringomyelocele). S. cervina, see Buckthorn. S. ventosa, a swelling of bone such as is produced by cancer, sarcoma, osteomalacia, or caries, causing the bone to look as if puffed up with air.
By Alexander Duane