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Pleurapophysis

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Pleuˊra-poph′y-sis

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Noun.

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pl.

Pleurapophyses

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[NL. See

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(Anat.)

One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib.

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Pleu-rapˊo-phys′i-al

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Adj.

Owen.