anapophysis

anapophysis
An accessory spinal process of a vertebra, found especially in the thoracic or lumbar vertebrae. [G. ana, back, + apophysis, offshoot]

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an·apoph·y·sis (an″ə-pofґĭ-sis) [ana- + apophysis] an accessory vertebral process, especially an accessory process of a thoracic or lumbar vertebra.

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