Pleurapophyses

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

  Pleurapophysis \Pleu`ra*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Pleurapophyses}.
     [NL. See {Pleura}, and {Apophysis}.] (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. -- {Pleu*rap`o*phys"i*al},
     a. --Owen.


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