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‖ parapophysis Anat.|pærəˈpɒfɪsɪs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. παρ(α- beside + apophysis.]
An anterior or ventral transverse process of a vertebra, in some animals greatly developed and serving as articulation for the head of a rib.
1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 168 The haemal arch..sometimes includes..bones called ‘parapophyses’. 1872Mivart Elem. Anat. vi. 220 One made up of tubercular processes (or diapophyses) and ribs, the other made up of capitular processes (or parapophyses) and ribs.
Hence parapoˈphysial a., of or belonging to a parapophysis.
1857in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1887Amer. Naturalist XXI. 565 Three cervical vertebræ, with large parapophysial fossæ looking downwards and outwards. |