Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A back-wardly projecting process of the neural spine of a vertebra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A
lateral and backward-projectingprocess on thedorsal side of avertebra .
Etymologies
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hyper- + apophysis
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