apophysis

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈpɒfɪsɪs/    美 /əˈpɑfɪsɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone.
    — Every bone in the real duck had its representative in the automaton, and its wings were anatomically exact. Every cavity, apophysis, and curvature was imitated, and each bone executed its proper movements.
  2. The external part of a cone scale.
  3. A branch of a dike or vein.
    — Minor palingenetic magmas probably were generated at this time and intruded the mantling rocks in the form of small sills and apophyses; …

词形变化

apophyses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
apophyseal apophysitis basapophysis diapophysis hemapophysis hypapophysis hyperapophysis metapophysis neurapophysis parapophysis pleurapophysis synapophysis zygapophysis zygopophysis

词源

From Ancient Greek ἀπόφυσις (apóphusis, “offshoot”), from ἀπό (apó) + φύω (phúō, “to bring forth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to exist, to grow”). Equivalent to apo- + -physis.
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