anapophysisn.
Physiol.
A small bony process, springing in a backward direction from the neural arch of the vertebræ, between the metapophysis and diapophysis.
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apophysis1611
transverse process1696
axis1701
neurapophysis1840
parapophysis1846
pleurapophysis1848
haemapophysis1849
postzygapophysis1851
anapophysis1854
hypapophysis1854
zygapophysis1854
intercentrum1878
neuroid1887
pleuroid1887
1854 Owen in Orr's Circle Sci. Org. Nat. 169 The exogenous parts are the diapophysis..[and] the anapophysis.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 39 The posterior process which projects backwards as much as any other part of the vertebra, is called the accessory process, or Anapophysis.
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