Apophysis Definition
ə-pŏfĭ-sĭs
apophyses
noun
Any natural outgrowth or process, esp. on a vertebra or other bone.
Webster's New World
A branch from a dike or vein.
American Heritage
A swelling at the base of the capsule in some mosses.
Webster's New World
A natural swelling, projection, or outgrowth of an organ or part, such as the process of a vertebra.
American Heritage Medicine
(anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; A protuberance on a bone.
Wiktionary
Origin of Apophysis
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New Latin from Greek apophusis from apophuein to send out branches apo- apo- phuein to grow bheuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Greek απόφυσις (offshoot), from ἀπό + φύειν (to bring forth), from Proto-Indo-European base *bheu- (to exist, to grow).
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