Dictionary entry

Pleurapophysis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖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.