Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apophysis

2 senses of apophysis

Sense 1
apophysis -- ((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)
       => plant process, enation -- (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Sense 2
apophysis -- ((anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra)
       => process, outgrowth, appendage -- (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process")