English Dictionary

apophysis

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈpɒfɪsɪs/

名詞

(anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone. / (botany) The external part of a cone scale. / (geology) A branch of a dike or vein.

日本語の意味

(解剖学) 生物に見られる自然な隆起、腫脹、または拡大部位で、骨などに現れる突出部を指す。 / (植物学) 円錐の鱗片の外部部分を指す。 / (地質学) ダイクまたは鉱脈の枝分かれ部分を指す。

The paleontologist examined the fossil's apophysis to understand how the limb muscles attached.

古生物学者は、四肢の筋肉がどのように付着していたかを理解するために、化石の骨の突起を調べた。

意味（1）

(anatomy) 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.

意味（2）

(botany) The external part of a cone scale.

意味（3）

(geology) 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; …

apophyses （ plural ）