Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy and zoology, an inferior or posterior zygapophysis; in man, an inferior oblique or articular process of a vertebra: opposed to prezygapophysis. See cuts under lumbar, vertebra, dorsal, and endoskeleton.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A posterior zygapophysis.
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- noun anatomy A
posterior zygapophysis .
Etymologies
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Examples
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While MIWG. 7306 includes a complete, intact left postzygapophysis, its left prezygapophysis is missing, and its right is broken off.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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While MIWG. 7306 includes a complete, intact left postzygapophysis, its left prezygapophysis is missing, and its right is broken off.
‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part II Darren Naish 2006
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: D, dorsal vertebra; di, diapophysis; pa, parapophysis; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; poz, postzygapophysis; ppdl, paradiapophyseal lamina; prz, prezygapophysis. [planned for page width] doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0009789.g004
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010
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