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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A process projecting outward from the side of a vertebra.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs
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