Definitions for apophysis

apophysis a·poph·y·sis

Spelling: [uh-pof-uh-sis]
IPA: /əˈpɒf ə sɪs/

Apophysis is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in apophysis (ahioppssy).

Definitions for apophysis

noun

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

Origin of apophysis

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

Examples for apophysis

The seta widens out at the base of the capsule into a region known as the apophysis.

apophysis, any irregular swelling; the enlargement at the base of the spore-case of the Umbrella-Moss.

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

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

No ctenidium, but a pulmonary cavity; operculum with an apophysis.

The apophysis represents the later and larger growth of the cone-scale.

The central region extending between the apophysis and the operculum is composed of sterile tissue and forms the columella (c).

The position of the umbo on the apophysis is the basis of Koehne's subdivision of the section Haploxylon.

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