English Explanatory Dictionary

parapophysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.

Word forms

parapophysis parapophyses

Etymology

From para- + apophysis.

Related words

parapophyseal parapophysial
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