ἀπόφυσις

A. side-shoot, Thphr. HP 6.4.4, Plb. 18.18.10(pl.): metaph., μιᾶς φύσεως ἀποφύσεις Dam. Pr. 100.

II. in Anatomy, process of a bone, i. e. the prominence to which a tendon is attached, Hp. Art. 45; ἀ. ὀδοντοειδής processus dentatus, Gal. UP 12.7, etc.; ἀ. στυλοειδεῖς Ruf. Onom. 142; of the βρογχίαι, ib.159.

2. branch of an artery, Gal. 8.319; of a nerve, Id. 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 Id. 2.733).

III. Archit., member connecting shaft and base of column, Vitr. 4.7.3.