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Apophysis

noun
(pl. apophyses)
1.
(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers.
2.
(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra.






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"Apophysis" Quotes from Famous Books



... protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.]. thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.]. swell. intumescence; tumour [Brit.], tumor; tubercle, tuberosity [Anat.]; excrescence; hump, hunch, bunch. boss, embossment, hub, hubble; [convex body parts] tooth [U.S.], knob, elbow, process, apophysis^, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity^, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf &c (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon^; molar; belly, corporation^, pot belly, gut [Coll.]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange. [convexities ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Apophysis" :   apophyseal, appendage, vertebra, phytology, general anatomy, outgrowth, process, plant process, enation, anatomy, botany



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