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apophysis

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???????? (apóphusis, offshoot), from ??? (apó) + ??? (phú?, to bring forth), from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (to exist, to grow). Equivalent to apo- +? -physis

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??p?f?s?s/

Noun

apophysis (plural apophyses)

  1. (anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; A protuberance on a bone.
    • 1836, E. A. Poe, Maelzel's Chess-Player
      Every bone in the real duck had its representative in the automaton, and its wings were anatomically exact. Every cavity, apophysis, and curvature was imitated, and each bone executed its proper movements.
  2. (botany) The external part of a cone scale.
  3. (geology) A branch of a dike or vein.
    • 1980, U.S. Government Printing Office, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1119
      Minor palingenetic magmas probably were generated at this time and intruded the mantling rocks in the form of small sills and apophyses; [...]

Derived terms

Translations

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apophyte

English

Etymology

apo- (away from; lacking) +? -phyte (plant)

Noun

apophyte (plural apophytes)

  1. (ecology, botany) Any native plant growing in disturbed land, such as in an abandoned field

Derived terms

  • apophytic
  • apophytically

Related terms

  • apophysis

See also

  • agriophyte
  • anthropochore

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