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Webster 1913 Edition


Diapophysis


Diˊa-poph′y-sis

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Dia-
, and
Apophysis
.]
(Anat.)
The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See
Vertebra
.

Definition 2024


diapophysis

diapophysis

English

Noun

diapophysis (plural diapophyses)

  1. (anatomy) The dorsal transverse process of a vertebra