Dictionary entry

Parapophysis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Par′a‐poph″y‐sis (?), n.; pl.Parapophyses (#). [NL. See Para-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.) The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra. — Par‐ap′o‐phys″ic‐al (#), a.