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haemapophysis

haemapophysis is the alternative form of hemapophysis.

Meaning of hemapophysis

Noun

hemapophysis (plural hemapophyses)

  1. The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.
    • The bones, 39 and 40, represent the hemapophysis of the parieto-hæmal arch.1848, Richard Owen, On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton

Forms of haemapophysis

pluralhaemapophyses

Questions about haemapophysis

What is haemapophysis the alternative form of?
Haemapophysis is the alternative form of hemapophysis.

Words near haemapophysis in the dictionary

  1. haemapodous
  2. haemapoietic
  3. haemapophyseal
  4. haemapophyses
  5. haemapophysial
  6. haemapophysis
  7. haemarthroses
  8. haemarthrosis
  9. haemastatics
  10. haemat-
  11. haematachometer

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