anapophysis

anapophysis
/an'euh pof"euh sis/, n., pl. anapophyses /-seez'/. Anat.
a small process of a vertebra, esp. of a lumbar or thoracic vertebra.
[1850-55; AN-3 + APOPHYSIS]

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