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apophysis

noun

1 apophysis

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.

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; ... show more

2 apophysis

anatomy A natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra.


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