Suprascapular
suprascapular su·pra·scap·u·lar (sōō’prə-skāp’yə-lər)
adj.
Located above the scapula, as an artery or a nerve.
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[soo-pruh-seg-men-tl] /ˌsu prə sɛgˈmɛn tl/ adjective 1. above, beyond, or in addition to a segment. 2. Linguistics. pertaining to or noting features of speech, as stress, pitch, and length, that accompany individual consonants and vowels and may extend over more than one such segmental element; pertaining to junctural and prosodic features. noun 3. a suprasegmental […]