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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

spi′nous proc′ess, [Anat., Zool.]

Anatomy, Zoologya spinelike process of a bone, esp. the dorsal projection from the center of the arch of a vertebra.

1725–35

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