acantha

acantha
1. A spine or spinous process. 2. The spinous process of a vertebra. [G. akantha, a thorn]

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n.
1. a spine projecting from a vertebra.
2. the backbone.

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acan·tha (ə-kanґthə) [Gr. akantha thorn] spina (def. 1). processus spinosus vertebrae.

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