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anapophysis Phys.|ænəˈpɒfɪsɪs|
[f. Gr. ἀνά back + ἀπόϕυσις offshoot, f. ἀπό off + ϕύσις growth.]
A small bony process, springing in a backward direction from the neural arch of the vertebræ, between the metapophysis and diapophysis.
1854Owen in Orr's Circ. Sc. Org. Nat. 169 The exogenous parts are the diapophysis..[and] the anapophysis. 1881Mivart Cat 39 The posterior process which projects backwards as much as any other part of the vertebra, is called the accessory process, or Anapophysis. |