‖Pleu′ra‐poph″y‐sis (?), n.; pl.Pleurapophyses (#). [NL. See Pleura, and Apophysis.] (Anat.) One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib. — Pleu‐rap′o‐phys″i‐al (#), a.Owen.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.