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hemapophyses

hemapophyses is the plural 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

Questions about hemapophyses

What is hemapophyses the plural of?
Hemapophyses is the plural of hemapophysis.

Words near hemapophyses in the dictionary

  1. hemaphaein
  2. hemapheresis
  3. hemapheretic
  4. hemapoietic
  5. hemapophyseal
  6. hemapophyses
  7. hemapophysial
  8. hemapophysis
  9. hemaroxylin
  10. hemarthroses
  11. hemarthrosis

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