Definition of Apophyses

1. Noun. (plural of apophyse) ¹

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Definition of Apophyses

1. apophysis [n] - See also: apophysis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apophyses

apophlegmatizant
apophonies
apophony
apophthegm
apophthegmatic
apophthegmatical
apophthegms
apophyge
apophyges
apophylaxis
apophyllite
apophyllites
apophysary
apophyse
apophyseal
apophyses (current term)
apophysial
apophysial fracture
apophysial point
apophysis
apophysis conchae
apophysis helicis
apophysitis
apophysitis tibialis adolescentium
apophyte
apophytes
apoplasmia
apoplast
apoplastic
apoplasts

Literary usage of Apophyses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"urne, and size ; the gall ; the intestine, its direction and disposition ; and the pyloric appendages, which he called apophyses 'is. ..."

2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"THE EXTERNAL apophyses OF THE CUTICULA The outer surface of the cuticula bears a wonderful variety of projections. These, however, can be grouped under two ..."

3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"The dorsal vertebrae have their transverse apophyses short ; their anterior articular apophyses are turned inwards, and embrace the posterior, ..."

4. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier (1904)
"... of the height at the withers over that at the croup results most usually from the projection of the spinal apophyses above the scapular cartilages. Flo. ..."

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