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Webster 1913 Edition

Neurapophysis

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Neuˊra-poph′y-sis

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Noun.

;

pl.

Neurapophyses

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[NL. See

, and

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(Anat.)

(a)

One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch.

(b)

The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process.