Supraspinate \Su`pra*spi"nate\, Supraspinous \Su`pra*spi"nous\,
a. (Anat.)
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.
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