(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:04:11

Pleu`ra*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Pleurapophyses (#). [NL. See Pleura, and Apophysis.] Anat.

One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib.

-- Pleu*rap`o*phys"i*al (#), a.

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