ἀπόφυσις
ἀπόφῠσις, εως, ἡ,
II). in Anatomy, process of a bone, i. e. the prominence to which a tendon is attached, Art. 45 ; ἀ. ὀδοντοειδής processus dentatus, UP 12.7 , etc.; ἀ. στυλοειδεῖς Onom. 142 ; of the βρογχίαι, ib. 159 .
2). branch of an artery, 8.319 ; of a nerve, UP 9.9 ; of the urethra, ib. 15.3 (but ἀ. σκωληκοειδής is f.l.for ἐπίφυσις , ib. 8.14 ; the two words distd. by 2.733 ).
III). Archit., member connecting shaft and base of column, 4.7.3 .