'Pleurapophyses' definitions:
Definition of 'Pleurapophyses'
- 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.
[1913 Webster]