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zygopophyses

zygopophyses is the plural of zygopophysis.

Meaning of zygopophysis

Noun

zygopophysis (plural zygopophyses)

  1. One of the articular processes of the neural arch of a vertebra
    • However, without the intervertebral disc, the shear stress between L5 and S1 can cause accelerated degradation of the zygopophysis, leading to back pain.2015 May 10, Jian-Hua Li et al., “Surgical treatment of lumbosacral tuberculosis by one-stage debridement and anterior instrumentation with allograft through an extraperitoneal anterior approach”, in...

Questions about zygopophyses

What is zygopophyses the plural of?
Zygopophyses is the plural of zygopophysis.

Words near zygopophyses in the dictionary

  1. zygopod
  2. zygopodia
  3. zygopodial
  4. zygopodium
  5. zygopods
  6. zygopophyses
  7. zygopophysis
  8. zygopteran
  9. zygopterans
  10. zygopterid
  11. zygopterids

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