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spini-|ˈspaɪnɪ| combining form of L. spīna spine, thorn (cf. spino-), used in various scientific terms, as spini-acute, spini-dentate, spini-tuberculate adjs. Mayne Expos. Lex. (1859) employs spinicerebral, spini-folious, spini-pede to translate corresponding Latin formations; recent Dicts. give a number of other combs., as spinicerebrate, spini-deltoid, spini-spirular, spini-spirulate, esp. anatomical terms relating to the spinal cord and some other part or organ, as spinibulbar, spini-cerebellar, spini-muscular, spini-peripheral, etc.
1852Dana Crust. i. 323 Hand..spini-dentate on the lower margin. Ibid. 463 The carpus spini-tuberculate above and pilose. Ibid. 479 Anterior angles spini-acute. |