Metapophyses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metapophysis \Met`a*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Metapophyses}. [NL.
     See {Meta-}, and {Apophysis}.] (Anat.)
     A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes
     of some vertebrae; a mammillary process.
     [1913 Webster]