parapophysis

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parapophysis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Parapophysis \Par`a*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. Parapophyses. [NL.
     See Para-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.)
     The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.
     See Vertebra. -- Par*ap`o*phys"ic*al, a.
     [1913 Webster]