Definitions for apophysis
əˈpɒf ə sɪs; -ˌsizapoph·ysis

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apophysisnoun

   (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

2. apophysisnoun

   (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apophysisnoun

   A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; A protuberance on a bone.

2. apophysisnoun

   A branch of a dike or vein

3. Etymology: Greek απόφυσις (offshoot), from ἀπό + φύειν (to bring forth), from Proto-Indo-European base *bheu- (to exist, to grow).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. APOPHYSISnoun

   The prominent parts of some bones; the same as process. It differs from an epiphysis, as that is a continuance of the bone itself; whereas the latter is somewhat adhering to a bone, and of which it is not properly a part. John Quincy

   Etymology: ἀπόφυσις.

   It was the apophysis, or head of the os tibiæ, which makes the knee. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

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1. apophysis

   An apophysis is a natural, enlarged extension or projection of a part of an organism, often serving a particular function such as attachment or support. It is commonly used in botany and zoology to describe parts of plants, fungi, and animals. In human anatomy, it refers to a growth or outgrowth, especially one that is still part of the bone and has yet to fully develop, like a growth plate.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apophysisnoun

   a marked prominence or process on any part of a bone

2. Apophysisnoun

   an enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses

3. Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. offshoot, process of a bone, fr. to grow from; from + , , to grow.]

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1. Apophysis

   Apophysis is an open source fractal flame editor and renderer for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Apophysis has many features for creating and editing fractal flames, including an editor which allows one to directly edit the transforms by manipulating triangles, a mutations window, which applies random edits to the triangles, an adjust window, which allows the adjustment of coloring and location of the image, and even a scripting language with direct access to most of the components of the fractal, which allows for effects such as the animations seen in Electric Sheep, which are also fractal flames. Users can export fractal flames to other fractal flame rendering programs, such as FLAM3. There is a separate version of Apophysis that has support for 3D. There are numerous clones, ports, and forks of it.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apophysis

   the lower of the two joints of trochanter in ditrocha trochanterellus; the dorso-lateral metathoracic spines in Hymenoptera; also used as synonymous with ento-thorax.

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1. • Anatomy
   • Botany
   • Plant Process
   • Process

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of apophysis in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of apophysis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=apophysis
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Apophysis
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=apophysis
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apophysis
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=apophysis
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=apophysis