transverse process
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of transverse process
First recorded in 1690–1700
Example Sentences
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On Friday morning, his status suddenly changed, the Chargers saying additional tests revealed a transverse process fracture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Peppers was diagnosed with a transverse process fracture.
From Fox News ● Nov. 26, 2019
They have two straight losses since a 2-0 start and now they’ll be without QB Derek Carr for an estimated two to six weeks because of a transverse process fracture in his back.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2017
Newton suffered two transverse process fractures in his back during the collision on Tuesday near Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2014
Each rib has a process, the tuberculum, going up to articulate with the transverse process, and one, the capitulum articulating between the bodies of two contiguous vertebrae.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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