Sple"ni*al (?), a. [L. splenium a plaster, a patch, Gr. a bandage.] 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.
© Webster 1913.
Sple"ni*al, n. Anat.
The splenial bone.
© Webster 1913.