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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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Hypapophyles

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(Anat.)

A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as hæmal spines, and chevron bones.

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Hyˊpa-po-phys′i-al

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Adj.

hypapophysis ‎(uncountable)

(anatomy) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum.
Haemal spines and chevron bones are examples of hypapophysis.