diapophysis

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diapophysis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Diapophysis \Di`a*poph"y*sis\, n. [NL. See Dia-, and
     Apophysis.] (Anat.)
     The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra.
     See Vertebra.
     [1913 Webster]