zygapophysis|zygapophyses in English
noun
protuberances of the vertebrae (Anatomy, Zoology)
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1. The Articular processes or zygapophyses (Greek ζυγον = "yoke" (because it links two vertebrae) + απο = "away" + φυσις = "process") of a vertebra are projections of the vertebra that serve the purpose of fitting with an adjacent vertebra