Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Apophysis

Apophysis ({not transcribed}) , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} offshoot, process of a bone, from {not transcribed} to grow from; {not transcribed} from + {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, to grow.]

1.
(Anatomy) A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
2.
(Botany) An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. — Gray