(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:15:32

Hy`pa*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Hypapophyles (#). [NL. See Hypo-, and Apophysis.] Anat.

A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as haemal spines, and chevron bones.

-- Hy`pa*po*phys"i*al (#), a.

 

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