apophysis has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology,botany
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[ noun ] (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

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plant_process botany

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[ noun ] (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or part such as the process of a vertebra

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process vertebra anatomy

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