See Also: apophysis(medicine)
apophysis(dictionary)
Ingrassia's apophysis(medicine)
apophysis conchae(medicine)
apophysis helicis(medicine)
basilar apophysis(medicine)
lenticular apophysis(medicine)
temporal apophysis(medicine)

apophysis (iou)



apophysis noun. . L16.
[mod. Latin from Greek apophusis offshoot, from APO- + phusis growth.]
Anatomy & Zoology. A protuberance from a bone or other hard tissue. L16.
Botany. A dilatation of the base of the sporangium in some mosses. L18.
apo'physeal, apophysial adjective pertaining to or of the nature of an apophysis L19.