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apophysis   (TTS Sound)

The noun apophysis has 2 senses

• apophysis -- ((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)


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