Usually means: Lateral projections on vertebrae bones.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (transverse process)

noun:  (anatomy) Either of the two bony processes of a vertebra that project laterally from the neural arch at the junction of a pedicle and lamina and that provide attachment for muscles and ligaments concerned especially with rotation, lateral flexion, and stability of the spinal column.

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