Usually means: Articulating process between adjacent vertebrae.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. zygapophysis: Merriam-Webster
  2. zygapophysis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. zygapophysis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. zygapophysis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. zygapophysis: Wordnik
  6. zygapophysis: Wiktionary
  7. zygapophysis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. zygapophysis: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. zygapophysis: Dictionary.com
  10. Zygapophysis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. zygapophysis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Zygapophysis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. zygapophysis: FreeDictionary.org
  14. zygapophysis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. zygapophysis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. zygapophysis: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (zygapophysis)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two superior and two inferior.

Similar:
zygopophysis, postzygapophysis, hypapophysis, hyperapophysis, prezygapophysis, parapophysis, diapophysis, praezygapophysis, metapophysis, anapophysis, more...

Opposite:
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Types:
neural spine, transverse process, prezygapophysis, postzygapophysis, more...

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Similar:
zygopophysis, postzygapophysis, hypapophysis, hyperapophysis, prezygapophysis, parapophysis, diapophysis, praezygapophysis, metapophysis, anapophysis, more...

Opposite:
no word found

Types:
neural spine, transverse process, prezygapophysis, postzygapophysis, more...



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