English Explanatory Dictionary

anapophysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A backward-pointing process in the lumbar vertebrae of some mammals.

Word forms

anapophysis anapophyses

Etymology

From ana- (“distal”) + apophysis (“natural outgrowth”).

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