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apophysis

  (ə-pŏf'ĭ-sĭs) pronunciation
n., pl. -ses (-sēz').
  1. Anatomy. A natural swelling, projection, or outgrowth of an organ or part, such as the process of a vertebra.
  2. Geology. A branch from a dike or vein.

[New Latin, from Greek apophusis, from apophuein, to send out branches : apo-, apo- + phuein, to grow.]

apophysate a·poph'y·sate' (-sāt') or a·poph'y·se'al (-sē'əl) adj.
 
 

A prominent bony outgrowth projecting from the surface of a bone upon which it has never been able to move, and from which it has never been separated, e.g. a process, tubercle or tuberosity. Apophyses often act as attachment sites for tendons. Compare epiphysis.

 

Pl. apophyses [Gr.] a bony outgrowth or swelling such as a tuberosity or process, especially one that has no secondary center.

 
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Apophysis (Greek: αποφυσις, offshoot) is:


 
 

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