English Explanatory Dictionary

metapophysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebrae; a mammillary process.

Word forms

metapophysis metapophyses

Etymology

From meta- + apophysis.

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