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apophyses

apophyses is the plural of apophyse.

apophyses is the plural of apophysis.

Meaning of apophyse

Noun

apophyse (plural apophyses)

  1. apophysis

Meaning of apophysis

Noun

apophysis (plural apophyses)

  1. A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone.
    • Every bone in the real duck had its representative in the automaton, and its wings were anatomically exact. Every cavity, apophysis, and curvature was imitated, and each bone executed its proper movements.1836, E. A. Poe, Maelzel's Chess-Player
  2. The external part of a cone scale.
  3. A branch of a dike or vein.
    • Minor palingenetic magmas probably were generated at this time and intruded the mantling rocks in the form of small sills and apophyses; …1980, U.S. Government Printing Office, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1119

Questions about apophyses

What is apophyses the plural of?
Apophyses is the plural of apophyse.

Words near apophyses in the dictionary

  1. apophysal
  2. apophysary
  3. apophysate
  4. apophyse
  5. apophyseal
  6. apophyses
  7. apophysial
  8. apophysis
  9. apophysitis
  10. apophyte
  11. apophytes

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