πρόσφυσις

A. growing to: clinging to, of a rider, ἰσχυροτέρα π. a firmer seat, X. Eq. 1.11; of vine to tree, D.H. 19.2.

II. ongrowth, attachment or point of attachment, e.g. of the legs to the body, Diog.Apoll. 6, Hp. Art. 45; of the diaphragm to the spine, τῶν φρενῶν ibid.; of the navel in embryos, Arist. GA 745b24; of the caudal vertebrae in birds, Id. IA 710a4; of flowers to spray, leaves to stem, Thphr. HP 3.16.4,al., 1.10.8, al.: freq. in Arist. of all after or adventitious growths which do not form part of the organism, ἓν γενέσθαι . . προσφύσει Ph. 227a17; ἡ τοῦ ᾠοῦ π. GA 754b12; of zoöphytes, HA 548b8; assimilation, τῆς τροφῆς Pr. 866b21 (prop., adhesion of food to tissues, Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.11, 3.1); in trees, growth of new wood, Thphr. HP 9.2.6; of a fungus, Id. Fr. 168.