ALL meanings of apophysis
a·poph·y·sis
A a - noun apophysis a process, outgrowth, or swelling from part of an animal or plant 3
- noun apophysis a tapering offshoot from a larger igneous intrusive mass 3
- noun apophysis any natural outgrowth or process, esp. on a vertebra or other bone 3
- noun apophysis a swelling at the base of the capsule in some mosses 3
- noun apophysis A natural protuberance from a bone, or inside the shell or exoskeleton of a sea urchin or insect, for the attachment of muscles. 1
- noun plural apophysis Anatomy, Botany. an outgrowth; process; projection or protuberance. 1
- noun plural apophysis Architecture. apophyge. 1
- noun apophysis (anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; A protuberance on a bone. 0
- noun apophysis (geology) A branch of a dike or vein. 0