\Pleu`ra*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Pleurapophyses}.
[NL. See {Pleura}, and {Apophysis}.] (Anat.)
One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal
element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or
corresponding to, a vertebral rib. -- {Pleu*rap`o*phys"i*al},
a. --Owen.