pleurapophysis

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pleurapophysis, n. [NL. See Pleura, and Apophysis.].

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. Owen. [1913 Webster]

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