Definition of Apophisis
||A*poph"y*sis (&?;), n.; pl.
-ses. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; offshoot, process of a bone, fr.
&?; to grow from; &?; from + &?;, &?;, to grow.] 1.
(Anat.) A marked prominence or process on any part of a
bone.
2. (Bot.) An enlargement at the top of a
pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargment, usually of an organism
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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