Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Parapophysis \Par`a*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Parapophyses}. [NL.
   See {Para-}, and {Apophysis}.] (Anat.)
   The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.
   See {Vertebra}. -- {Par*ap`o*phys"ic*al}, a.