Words Like APOPHYSIS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to APOPHYSIS.

3 Alternative Words Similar to apophysis

1 Appendage Noun Synonym Words Like Appendage

2 Outgrowth Noun Synonym Words Like Outgrowth

3 Process Noun Synonym Words Like Process

7 definitions of apophysis

1 In botany, a swelling under the base of the theca or spore-case of some mosses, as in species of Splachnum. See cut under Andreæa.

2 In geology, a term applied to the arms which often extend outward in a horizontal direction from the main mass or dike of an intrusive igneous rock.

3 In architecture, same as apophyge.

4 A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; A protuberance on a bone.

5 A branch of a dike or vein

6 (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

7 (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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