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Word: Apophysis
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek apophusis ‘offshoot’, from apo- ‘from, away’ + phusis ‘growth’
əˈpɒfɪsɪs
a natural protuberance from a bone, or inside the shell or exoskeleton of a sea urchin or insect, for the attachment of muscles.
Short Definition:natural protuberance from bone, or inside shell or exoskeleton of sea urchin or insect
a swelling at the base of the sporangium in some mosses.
Short Definition:swelling at base of sporangium in some mosses
a small offshoot extending from an igneous intrusion into the surrounding rock.
Short Definition:small offshoot extending from igneous intrusion into surrounding rock
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