apophysis, tapophуsy

[Gr. ἀπόφυσις ( apophusis ) = an offshoot; ἀπόφύω (apophuo) = to put forth as an offshoot, (pa ive) to grow: ἀπό ( apo ) = from, and φύω (phuo) = to bring forth.] 1. Anat.: The proce of a bone. "Proce es of bone have usually their own centres of O ification, and are termed epiphyses until they are finally joined to the main part, after which they receive the name of apophyses ." Todd & Bowman: Physiol. Anat., 1. 116. 2. Bot . A sporangium in mo es, which is regularly lengthened. It occurs in most specics of the genus Splachnum. ( Lindley : Introd. to Bot.) 3. Arch . The same as APOPHYGE (q.v.). ǎp-o-plăn-e-sis, s. [Gr. ἀποπλάνησις (apoplanēsis), see def.; ἀποπλανάω ( apoplanaō ) = to make to digre . Or ἀπό ( apo ) = from, and πλάνησις ( planēsis ) = a making to wander; πλανάω (plan aō), fut. πλανήσω (planēsō) = to make to wander; πλάνη ( plane ) = a wandering.] Rhet. A digre ion.