splenial (not comparable)
Relating to the splenium, especially describing the pair of muscles, at the back of the neck, that move the head and neck
splenial (plural splenials)
splenial bone
• Spillane, Spinella, slip lane
Source: Wiktionary
Sple"ni*al, a. Etym: [L. splenium a plaster, a patch, Gr. (Anat.) (a) Designating the splenial bone. (b) Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle. Splenial bone (Anat.), a thin splintlike bone on the inner side of the proximal portion of the mandible of many vertebrates.
Sple"ni*al, n. (Anat.)
Definition: The splenial bone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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