The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pleurapophysis
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,
--Owen.
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pleurapophysis
n. a process on a vertebra that is essentially a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vertebral%20rib