2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apophysis \A*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl {-ses}. [NL., fr Gr ?
offshoot, process of a bone, fr ? to grow from ? from + ?,
?, to grow.]
1. (Anat.) A marked prominence or process on any part of a
bone.
2. (Bot.) An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as
seen in certain mosses. --Gray.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
apophysis
n 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
part such as the process of a vertebra
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