anapophysis

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek back + -physis.

Noun

anapophysis (plural anapophyses)

1. (anatomy) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae.

Translations

accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae

• Portuguese: anapófise f

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “anapophysis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)