apophysis

American  

[uh-pof-uh-sis] / əˈpɒf ə sɪs /

noun

apophyses plural

1. Anatomy, Botany. an outgrowth; process; projection or protuberance.

2. Architecture. apophyge.

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apophysis British  

/ -seɪt, əˈpɒfɪsɪs, əˈpɒfɪsɪt, ˌæpəˈfɪzɪəl /

noun

1. a process, outgrowth, or swelling from part of an animal or plant

2. geology a tapering offshoot from a larger igneous intrusive mass

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• apophysary
  adjective
• apophysate
  adjective
• apophyseal
  adjective
• apophysial
  adjective
• interapophyseal
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• apophyses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of apophysis

1605–15; < New Latin < Greek: offshoot, equivalent to apo- apo- + phýsis growth, equivalent to phý ( ein ) to bring forth + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

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apophysis apophyses

Cones from 15 to 25 cm. long, narrow-cylindrical; apophyses tawny yellow or pale fulvous brown, prominently convex, the umbo against the apophysis beneath; seeds with a long wing.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

The apophysis, which may be a more or less distinct region, usually bears stomata and is the main organ of assimilation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

With the dorsal umbo all sides of the apophysis are confined between other apophyses, and any extension is a dorsal thickening of the apophysis or a dorsal protuberance.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Every cavity, apophysis, and curvature was imitated, and each bone executed its proper movements.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan

The least fragment of bone, the smallest apophysis, has a determinative character in relation to the class, the order, the genus, and species to which it may belong.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Cones usually very small, from 4 to 6 cm. long, but with a larger varietal form, ovate to long-conic, symmetrical; apophyses nut-brown, flat or tumid, the mucro usually deciduous.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

On different parts of the same cone, base, centre or apex, the dimensions of the apophyses differ, but at each level the scales may be uniform on all sides of the cone.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Cones from 5 to 7 cm. long, subglobose or short-ovate, symmetrical, persistent, serotinous; apophyses lustrous tawny yellow, slightly elevated along a transverse keel, the umbo forming the broad base of a slender, rather fragile prickle.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Cones from 15 to 25 cm. long, narrow-cylindrical; apophyses tawny yellow or pale fulvous brown, prominently convex, the umbo against the apophysis beneath; seeds with a long wing.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Cones from 4 to 7 cm. long, reflexed, ovate, symmetrical, deciduous on some trees, persistent on others; apophyses pale dull nut-brown, thin or slightly thickened, the prickle usually deciduous.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell