apophyses

英[ə'pəʊfɪsɪs] 美[ə'pəʊfɪsɪs]
  • n.隆起;突起
apophysate apophyses
  • aponeurotic 腱膜的
  • fibroma n.纤维瘤
  • juvenile adj.青少年的;幼稚的n.青少年;青少年读物;幼雏;扮演少年的演员
Noun:
  1. (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

  2. (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra