apophysis

英[ә'pɒfisis]

n. 骨突, 蒴托\n[医] 骨突

n. (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers\nn. (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra